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August, or any Net between the 1st day of September and the 30th 

 day of April, both days inclusive, having a mesh of less dimensions, 

 when wet, than five-eighths of an inch from knot to knot, measured 

 on each side of the square. 



TAKING BAIT NAVIGABLE RIVERS. 



11. No person shall, for the purpose of taking Bait in any 

 navigable river within the limits of the above Act (except in the 

 River Ouse below Denver Sluice, and in the River Nene below 

 Wisbech Bridge), use any Net other than a Cast Net, or any Cast 

 Net having a mesh of less dimensions, when wet, than five-eighths of 

 an inch from knot to knot, measured on each side of the square. 



TAKING BAIT ALL WATERS. 



12. No person shall, within the limits of the above Act, use, or 

 attempt to use, any Cast Net exceeding eight yards in circum- 

 ference,* or having a sack or purse exceeding fourteen inches in 

 depth, when extended, for the purpose of taking Fish for Bait, and 

 the word " Bait " shall mean Roach, Rudd or Roud, Bream, Dace, 

 Ruff or Pope, Gudgeons, and Minnows, measuring less than eight 

 inches from the nose to the fork of the tail. 



13. No person shall, within the limits of the above Act, Net for 

 Bait at any time on a Sunday, and no person shall, within such 

 limits, Net for Bait at any time on a week-day except between one 

 hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset, nor unless such Bait 

 is for use in angling, or trolling, or taking Eels within the limits of 

 the above Act. 



TAKING EELS RIVERS YARE AND WENSUM ABOVE HARDLEY CROSS. 



14. No person shall, for the purpose of taking Eels in the Rivers 

 Yare and Wensum, above Hardley Cross, do any of the following 

 things : 



(1) Use or attempt to use, in the months of April, May, and June, 

 a line with a hook or hooks, except in connection with a rod 

 used for the purpose of Angling. 



(2) Use or attempt to use any Net in the months of April, May, 

 and June. 



(3) Use or attempt to use, at any other time of the year, a Line, 

 whether fixed or not, with more than one hook, except in 

 connection with a rod used for the purpose of Angling. 



(4) Use or attempt to use any Net other than a Skim or Skein 

 Net. 



* By a Resolution passed by the Board of Conservators on the 4th February 

 1888, and duly confirmed by the Board of Trade, it was enacted that Cast Nets 

 be allowed up to TWELVE yards in circumference from llth October till 

 the 1st April in each year. 



