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APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM THE 



Appendix C — continued. 



Country. 



Bklgium 



Holland 



Denmark 



Bornholm 



Geema:ny 



Date of, 



and Reference 



to Law. 



United States ■ 



Hamburg • 



Bremen 



H mover 



Schleawig-Holstein - 



Macklenburg - 

 Baltic, up to 5i kilo.ifrom shore. 



Sweden 



Norway 



5 Sept. 1892 

 Article 3. 



21 June, 1881 - 



Article 7, 9, 16, 23, 



regulates size 



of herrings, 



flounders, 



smelts, &c. 



15 May 1884, 



shell-fish. 



11 August 1892. 



17 August 1900. 



Section 56 

 Law, 5 April 

 1888. 



New Bill now 



before the 



Bigsdig. 



Article 15. 

 Law, 5 April 



1888. 



Governed by 

 Prussian Acts 

 of 30 May 1874. 

 30 March 1880 



! Each State 

 settles minimum 



! size limit. 



i 15 June 1887 



27 :May 1888 



8 Aug. 1887 



8 Aug. 1887 



By a Law of 

 December 1903, 

 not yet promul- 

 gated. 



Minimum Sizes. 



BrOl. 



25 cm. 

 = 9tin. 



Turbot. 



25 cm. 

 = 9* in. 



Soles. 



Total length. 



18 cm. 



= 7 in. 



Plaice. 



18 cm. 

 = 7 in. 



No limit in North Sea and Zuiderzee. 



but 



8 inches 8 inches 



Snout to root of tail. 



9| in. total 

 length. 



Kitt (?), 



9iin., 



= llj in. 



total 

 length. 



124 in. 



total 



length. 



lOJ in. 

 = 12i in. 



total 

 length. 



Turbot 



under J lb. 



not to be 



sold. 



7f in. 

 = 9in. 



total 

 length. 



16 cm. for 

 plaice in 

 Scheldt 

 and Zee- 

 land. 



= eiin- 



8 inches^ 



9| in. total 

 length. 



7iin. 

 = 94 in, 



total 

 length. 



15 cm. 



18 cm.^ 

 18 cm. : 

 18 ein. I' 

 18 cm. 



20 cm. 



head to 



tail. 



No restrictive legislation affecting fiat-fish. It is thought 

 that in consequence of the spread of trawling, an under- 

 sized fish \ayt would be expedient, but the idea has not 

 taken definite shape 



No restrictive legislation affecting flat-fish 



