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inconsistent with the latter. It is usually the Pro- 

 curator-Fiscal who prosecutes under the 1902 Act; 

 but any person " having an interest " may do so. 



III. COARSE FISH 



There are no special legal restrictions in Scotland 

 as to the capture of coarse fish, and it is doubtful whether 

 the prohibitions as to their capture by net or otherwise, 

 as in the case of common trout, apply to them. There 

 seems to be no direct decision on the point. The 1902 

 Act, however, makes it illegal to kill them with ex- 

 plosives. 



There is no close time for such fish in Scotland. 



As in the case of common trout, the right to fish 

 for them belongs to the proprietors adjoining the 

 waters in which they exist, except where the tide ebbs 

 and flows in a navigable river or loch, in which case the 

 public may fish for them without challenge. 



