58 APPENDIX TO REPORT ON OYSTER CULTURE 



Port of Rochefort. 4th Maritime District. 



Imperial Marine. 



Order relative to the taking of oysters in the quarter of La Teste. 

 (Basin of Arcachon.) 



The Vice- Admiral, Maritime Prefect, 



Considering the law of the 9th January, 1852, on the coast fisheries ; 



Considering the decrees of the 4th July, 1853, and of the 10th May, 

 1862; 



Considering the report of the Commission which originated upon the 

 visit to the oyster beds in the Bay of Arcachon, conformably to the 73rd 

 article of the decree of the 4th July, 1853 ; 



Order. 



Art. 1. The taking of oysters in the Bay of Arcachon, during the sum- 

 mer 1865-6, will be confined to the portions hereafter more clearly 

 pointed out. 



1st. Dredging for Oysters. 



From the 1st December to the 28th February : — 

 In the trou du Sud and in the channels of Eyrac, Teychan, in the cur- 

 rent of Cousse, Andernos, Germanau, Ares, Ville Girouasse, Lanton, and 

 Certes. 



2nd. Fishing on the Foreshore. 



The 4th December : — 



1st. On the zone of the island, with the exception of the port of the 

 island, and that part of Courbay comprised between la Laque and the 

 estuary of la Beousse. 



2nd. On the sockets, Ces, the parts east and west, Jean de Guiraou 

 and Biaou. 



3rd. On le Bouc, the point of Maubinot and Comprian. 



The 20, 21, 22, and 23 December, during the whole tide : — 



1st. On the zone of the foreshores, comprised between the downs of 

 the grand coin, and the channel of Lege, for the space, outside the depots 

 of oysters. 



2nd. On the zone of the foreshores, bounded on the west, north- 

 west, and North, by a right line joining the west point of Aram to the 

 point of Mapouchette, and continued by the channels of Cousse, of Mouch- 

 taletto or Girouasse, the said zone comprising, with the exception of the 

 point of Comprian, Gravier de Carguefond, the flats of Tes, Moussettes, 

 Grahudes, Gareche, and Comprian, as well as the borders of the channel 

 of Gujan. 



Art. 2. The taking of oysters is forbidden : — - 



1st. In the channels of Comprian or Labrugeze and Gujan. 



2nd. On the foreshores hereafter named, viz. : — 



That portion of Courbay, between la Laque and la Keousse. The 

 port of the island, for the part situated between the park of Crastorbe 

 and the depot No. 2, Germanau, Germanau, les Argiles, Graoueres, 

 Hautbelle, the sand of Carguefond, and the land of Guian. 



Art. 3. "Wooden rakes are permitted for the purpose of fishing on the 

 foreshores. 



Art. 4. It is forbidden, before fishing, to visit the oyster beds, for the 

 purpose of work. 



Nobody will be allowed on the foreshore without skates. 



