REGULATIONS FOR TAKING FISH 153 



No trout of less weiglit than one pound, 



No pike or jack tinder twelve inches long, from the 

 eye to the length of the tail, 



No perch under eight inches long. 



No flounder under seven inches long. 



No sole under seven inches long. 



No plaice or dab under seven inches long, 



No roach under eight inches long. 



No dace under six inches long, 



No smelt under six inches long. 



No gudgeon under five inches long, 



No whiting under eight inches long. 



No barbel under twelve inches long. 



No chub under nine inches long. 



Under pain to forfeit five pounds for every such 

 offence. 



Salmon and trout may be taken only from 25th 

 January to 10th September. 



Pike, jack, perch, roach, dace, chub, barbel, and 

 gudgeon may be taken between 1st July and 1st 

 March. 



Bottom-fishing is prohibited in the river Thames, as 

 far as the Corporation of London has jurisdiction, from 

 the 1st of March to the 1st of June. 



The right of fishing in the sea, and in all rivers where 

 the tide ebbs and flows, is a right common to all the 

 king's subjects. 



Any person or persons considering themselves 

 wronged or aggrieved by any decision against them by 

 the magistrate or justice, may appeal against it at the 

 Quarter Sessions. 



PROTECTION OF PRESERVES 



" That no person shall fish with any sort of net, weel, 

 night-hook, or any other device, except by angling in, 

 or make use of any net, engine, or device to drive the 

 fish out of any place which shall be staked by order of 

 the Lord Mayor of the City of London for the time 

 being, as conservator aforesaid, for the preservation of 



