SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE SEA FISHERIES BILL. 



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Appendix C. 



PAPERS handed by Sir Thomas Elliott, k.c.b. 



PROTECTION OF UNDERSIZED FLAT FISH. 



I, — Summary of Replies from North Sea Powers and the United States of America 

 regarding Restrictive Legislation, and the Minimum Sizes of Flat Fish. 



February, 1904. 



Country. 



France 



Confu^ar Beports : 



Dunkirk 



Boulogne - 



Havre 



Cfcerbourg 



Brest 



La Rochelle 



Bordeaux 



Arcachon 



Date of, 



and Reference 



to Law. 



10 May 1862 

 Article XI. 



Minimum Sizes. 



Brill. Turbot. 



Soles. 



Plaice. 



Eye to root of tail. 



10 cm. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



16 cm. 

 = 6J in. 



10 cm. 



do. 



10 cm. 

 inches. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



20 cm. 



10 cm. 



do. 



Steam fishermen reject all under 15 em. =5f 

 inches. 



Soles of 

 125 gmme, 



retained. 



Plaice of 



125 gmme. 



retained. 



