64 FISHERIES ARBITRATION AT THE HAGUE 



provision contained in the very next section on p. 208. That 

 section provides: 



"No person shall place in the waters of the Labrador Coast, any cod- 

 trap, or cod-trap leader or mooring, nor shall it be lawful for any person to 

 put out any contrivance whatsoever for the purpose of securing a trap-berth 

 on that portion of the coast: — From Blanc Sablon to Gull Island, near the 

 north-east point of Square Island, before noon of the first day of June." 



Then in regard to another portion of the Labrador coast, before 

 the sth of June; another the loth June; another before the 20th 

 June, and so on down to the loth July. 



So that the times for setting these cod-traps and cod-trap leaders, 

 which are used by the Newfoundland fishermen on the Labrador 

 coast for the taking of cod-fish, are set at different dates from the 

 ist June to the loth July. 



That is supposed to prevent anybody from coming in and tak- 

 ing an unfair advantage, and getting a location for his cod-traps. 

 You will notice it refers not only to placing the cod-traps, but to 

 placing any contrivance for the purpose of securing a trap-berth. 



There are other provisions which make it possible for a man to 

 take and hold a cod-trap berth by putting up poles. That is 

 regulated in section 54 of the same regulation which appears on 

 p. 206: 



"Two poles or buoys moored to indicate the position in which it is intended 

 a cod-trap is to be set," and so on. 



That is a regulation of Newfoimdland fishing with reference 

 to the securing of these locations for the taking of cod-fish and, 

 of course, by the loth July the great army of Newfoundland cod- 

 fishermen, who go to the Labrador, have got up there and they 

 have got their cod-traps set and their cod-trap location pre-empted. 

 Then, on p. 209 : 



"No bultows or trawls shall be used before the fifteenth day of August 

 in any year on the fishing grounds within three miles of the Coast of Labrador 

 or Islands on said Coast between a line to be drawn south-east from Cape 

 Charles and a line drawn from east and West from White Islands in Domino 



Run." 



That is from a line somewhere down here (indicating on map) 

 running up off this map. So that the best location for taking cod- 



