342 BRITISH FISHERIES 



Methods of fishing are only permissible if they are 

 permitted in the by-laws ; or if they are hooks and lines, 

 or " pots, hooks, or baskets for taking eels, prawns, 

 crabs, or whelks " ; or if they are " hedge-baulks " in use 

 previous to August 9, 1893, and in accordance with 

 certain regulations. 



Deposit of sewage or refuse in the sea. — This 

 is prohibited, but because of the saving provisions of the 

 various enactments concerned, this prohibition is purely 

 nominal, and cannot be enforced. 



" Close seasons." — Sparling must not be taken from 

 April I to October 31 following. Mussels must not be 

 taken from April i to August 3 1 following. 



Closed areas. — An area of about 10 square miles off 

 Blackpool is " closed " against all kinds of trawling. 



" Removal from a fishery." — Fishes or shell-fishes 

 must not be " removed from a fishery " if the capture of 

 such is in any way or in any circumstances illegal. But 

 the meaning of " removal from a fishery " is not always 

 clear. 



Bona-fide fishing. — In fishing for any food-animal 

 with an apparatus permissible for the capture of that 

 animal, it is imperative that a fisherman should not take 

 any other animal, the capture of which is illegal with the 

 apparatus he is using. But if a fisherman is bona fide 

 fishing for (say) shrimps with a trawl-net of |-inch mesh, 

 he may take fishes over certain specified sizes, even 

 though the use of a shrimp-net for the capture of these 

 fishes is illegal with the apparatus he is using. 



Scientific investigations, etc. — The regulations 

 in force do not apply to persons fishing for scientific 

 purposes, or for stocking or breeding purposes, provided 

 that the written authority of the Committee, through their 

 clerks, has been obtained. 



Penalties. — A maximum fine of ;C20, and a maximum 

 continuing penalty of ;^io per day, may be enforced for 



