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Summary of Eeplies to Questions — continued. 



Country. 



Extent to which law 

 is enforced. 



Is prohibition applied 



to fish from whatever 



source obtained 1 



lia Eochelle - 



Bordeaux 

 Arcachon . - 



Germany 



jSTetherlanda - 



North Sea 



and 

 Zuider Zee - 



Scheldt and 

 Zealand 



Sweden 



Norway • 



United States 



Strictly 

 Not strictly- 



Strictly 

 (1900.) 



enforced. 



do. (1904.) 



Sale of any fish under 

 certain size or weight 

 is absolutely pro- 

 hibited. (1900.) 



[No fresh information 

 these two 



Enforcement jiiificult 

 if not impossible, a 

 strict observance 

 cannot even be at- 

 tempted. (1900.) - 



No reply. (1904.) 



Difficult 

 (1900.) 



to enforce. 



No prohibitions in 

 force except with 

 regard to eels, 

 lobsters and oysters. 

 ■Law often dis- 

 regarded. (1900.) 



Control exercised by 

 police and Customs. 

 (1900.) 



No 



Act 7 of the Law of 

 1881 applies to fish 

 wherever taken but 

 the cases to which 

 it was applied con- 

 cern fish caught in 

 the Zuider Zee only. 

 (1900.) 



Concerns the Scheldt 

 and Zealand Fishery 

 only. (1900.) 



Yes. (1900.) 



General effect of law. 



No fresh partiou 

 Yes. (1900.) 



Xci fresh partieu 

 restrictive legislation 



Opinions are very 

 divided. (1900.) 



given in 1904 under 

 heads.] 



No perceptible influ- 

 ence in counteract- 

 ing destruction of 

 young fish. (1900.) 



It has had some good 

 influence, but not 

 enough effectually to 

 restrain the evil. 

 (1900.) 



The regulations have 

 essentially aided to 

 counteract the de- 

 struQtion of lobsters 

 and oysters. Pro- 

 hibition with regard 

 to eels received with 

 universal satisfac- 

 tion. (1900.) 



lars given in 1904. 



Difficult to judge, as 

 Norwegian system is 

 to regulate instru- 

 ments and mesh, 

 rather than to pro- 

 hibit the taking or 

 sale of fish under 

 certain sizes. (1900.) 



lars given in 1904. 



affecting flat fish (1904). 



Market for undersized 

 fish. 



Cannpt estimate 

 quantity sold. 



Steam fishermen reject 

 all fish under 15 cm. 

 but retain soles and 

 plaice of 125 gmme. and 

 other fish of 800 gmme. 



" It may be said that 

 consumption of 

 undersized fish does 

 not take place."(1904) 



The German Se&. 

 Fisheries Union de- 

 termined in 1903 ' to 

 ascertain exactly the 

 sizes of market- fish. 

 Data not yet sufficient 

 for definite informa- 

 tion. 



' Data missing by which 

 return could even 

 approximat ely 

 be given." (1904.) " 



do. 



(1904.) 



No records exist of the 

 percentage of small 

 fish sold. (1904). 



