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APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM tHE 



Summary of Replies to Questions addressed through the Foreign Office to H.M. 



Representatives in 1900 and 1904. 



Country. 



Belgium • 



Denmark 



Extent to which law 

 is enforced. 



Is prohibition applied 



to fish, from whatever 



source obtained 1 



Enforced withoufdiffi- 

 culty, and without 

 complaints from 

 fishermen. (1900.) 



Kigorously enforced. 

 A number of prose- 

 cutions have been in - 

 stituted in the last 

 12 years at Furnes 

 and Bruges. (1904.) 



Enforced to a consider- 

 able extent by local 

 inspectors and police, 

 but it is difficult to 

 prove that the fish 

 were intended for 

 sale. Proposals to 

 amend the law, by 

 prohibiting the land- 

 ing of undersized 

 fish, have been 

 brought before the 

 Rigsdag, but have 

 not been adopted. 

 (1900.) 



In practice the super- 

 vision of the Marine 

 Administration and 

 Market Authorities 

 is not effective. In 

 Mediterran ean 

 undersized fish are 

 commonly caught 

 and sold, and prose- 

 cutions are rare. 



The various Congresses 

 held lately in France 

 with regard to sea 

 fisheries have called 

 attention to the non- 

 observance of the 

 law and consequent 

 injury to fisheries. 

 Congress at Dieppe, 

 1898, suggested an 

 International Agree- 

 ment as to size of 

 fish. Oh: Austin 

 Lee. 1900.) 



Yes 



Yes. (1904.) 



Yes 



No fresh information 



No distinction is made 

 as to source from 

 which fish IS ob- 

 tained. In practice 

 it would be difficult 

 to make any distinc- 

 tion. (1900.) 



General effect of 

 law. 



Market for under- 

 sized fish. 



o reply received in 1904 but j the follovring reports 



Dunkirk 



Strictly enforced. 



The measures will not 

 be wholly effectual 

 until other North 

 Sea States enact 

 analogous legislation. 

 (1900.) 



The Belgian Govern- 

 ment again (Feb. 1st, 

 1904) draw attention 

 to desirableness of 

 similar measures in 

 other North Sea 

 States. 



Difficult to appreciate 

 effect with certainty, 

 owing to illegal sales 

 and legal consump- 

 tion by the fisher- 

 men themselves ; but 

 the provision that 

 undersized fish can 

 only be used for 

 human food has 

 checked the practice 

 of giving such fish to 

 animals. (1900.) 



given in 1904. 



No satisfactory reply 

 can be given. The 

 limit of 10 cm. is 

 considered to be far 

 too low. (1900.) 



Quantities are 

 ported. (1900.) 



fi'om H.M. Consuls 



were obtained. 



Small fish, particularly 

 plaice and soles just 

 over 10 cm., fiiul 

 ready sale. 



No sale. 



Cannot estimate sale. 



No demand. Not more 

 than a ton sold in a 

 year. 



