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after the words ' An Falmouth ' the coneludiug clause, ' and no drifting for shad shall 

 be allowed, &c.' should be omitted. Our recommendation Xo. 2 allows shad drifting 

 from July 1 to August 15 in Shubenacadie river up to Shubenacadie bridge. 



We have only to add that certain sections of the fishery regulations for Xova 

 Scotia and !N'ew Brunswick are affected or in some eases would be annulled by the 

 new regulations which we have recommended in this interim report. 



(a) Thus section 11, clause a. p. 4 of the Xew Brunswick regulations which reads 

 as follows: — 



' Section 11 Shad and Gaspereau. 



(a) The close time for shade and gaspereau shall extend from sunset 

 on Friday evening in each week to sunrise on ^Monday morning following, 

 during which time it shall be unlawful to fish for, catch or kill any shad or 

 gaspereau. The fisheries within the harbour of St. John are, however, ex- 

 empted from the foregoing provisions of this section,' 



would be amended by our recommendation that the close time be Saturday evening to 

 Monday morning. 



(&) That section 11, clause c, establishing a close season for shad and 

 gaspereau after June 30th is cancelled by our recommendation. It is really 

 a useless and unnecessary prohibition. 



(c) That section 9, ss. c. (p. 4) shall not apply to the waters of Chignecto bay, 

 Minas basin and Cobequid bay. This subsection reads as follows: — 



' (c) The owner or owners of any net or nets used for the purpose of 

 taking salmon shall, on receiving such license, pay an annual license fee of 

 three cents for each fathom of net so licensed, which license fee shall be paid 

 to the local fishery overseer, for transmission to the Department of Marine 

 and Fisheries.' 

 As a matter of fact this license has not been enforced in the waters mentioned. 



(d) Sec. 19, subsections 3 and 4 which read as follows : — 



' 3. Kets for taking shad shall not exceed (except at Port Laurence) 

 twelve fathoms in length, and the meshes of such nets shall in no case be 

 less than four and one-half inches, extension measure. 



' 4. Shad shall not be fished for in any of the rivers or bays of this 

 county, by any mode of fishing, later than the 31st day of August,' 



would be amended by our recommendations which increase the size of mesh to 5 

 inches extension measure, and prohibit fishing after August 15. 



(e) Sec. 24, subsections 1 and 2 would be rescinded by our recommenda- 

 tion for prohibiting all nets in rivers named. 

 The section reads as follows: — 



■ 1. Gaspereau shall not be taken or caught in any part of the Gas- 

 pereau river, above a line between the properties of Mr. Stewart and Fredk. 

 Annand, situated about three-quarter miles above Fuller's bridge, otherwise 



