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island therein; nor in Lake Ontario, within one mile of the shore, or of any island therein, nor 

 within three miles of the mouth of the Niagara river, the waters of Lake Ontario in the county 

 of Jefferson, included between Blue Rock Point, in the town of Brownville, and the town line 

 between the towns of Lyme and Cape Vincent, including Chaumont bay, Griffin bay, and Three 

 Mile bay, in the county of Oswego, between the northerly line of the town of Mexico and 

 Jefferson county line, are hereby exempt from the provisions of this act, but sections one hundred 

 and ten, one hundred and eleven and one hundred and sixty-eight of this act shall apply to said 

 waters. Fish taken contrary to the provisions of this section shall not be knowingly possessed. 

 Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of 

 misdemeanor and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each 

 violation thereof. 



Meshes of Nets Used In Lakes Erie and Ontario and Cattaraugus Creek. 



§ 134. The meshes of nets used in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and Cattaraugus creek shall 

 not be less than one and one-eighth inch bar. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the 

 provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and in addition thereto shall be 

 liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation thereof. 



Taking Shad, Herring and Other Fish In the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, 

 and Other Waters. 



§ 136. Shad, herring and other fish shall not be taken from the Hudson or Delaware rivers 

 or Rondout creek with nets of any kind. Shad and herring shall not be taken from Rondout 

 creek or the Hudson or Delaware rivers between the fifteenth day of June and the fifteenth day 

 of March following ; between the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day of June shad 

 and herring may be taken from said waters by nets ; but said nets shall not be drawn nor fish 

 taken therefrom between sunset on Saturday night and sunrise on Monday morning, unless by 

 reason of the inclemency of the weather said nets can not be drawn prior to sunset on Saturday 

 night, in which case it shall be lawful to take fish therefrom as soon as the weather will permit, 

 and between the first day of September and the thirtieth day of May following, bullheads, catfish, 

 suckers, eels, pickerel, sturgeon, white and yellow perch, may be caught by means of hoop-nets, 

 fykes, and gill-nets, in the Hudson river, Wallkill creek and in Rondout creek, below the dam at 

 Eddyville and in Wappingers creek, and in the Ten Mile river in the town of Dover, nets shall 

 not be set or used north of the dam at Troy between June first and September first; sturgeon 

 may also be taken in the waters of the Hudson river with sturgeon nets of not less than seven 

 inches. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the catching of fish with hook 

 and line in Rondout creek at any time. 



(As amd. by chap. 154 of Laws of 1896.) 



