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Salmon Taken In Nets From the Hudson River to be Thrown Back. 



* 137. Salmon, black bass, trout, salmon trout, and pike perch caught in nets, in fishing for 

 other fish in the Hudson river, shall be thrown back into the water without unnecessary injury. 

 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 twenty-five dollars for 

 each violation thereof. 



Richmond County and New York or Raritan Bay ; Regulations as to Nets. 



§ 13S. Xo device except angling shall be placed, drawn or used for the capture of any fish, 

 except menhaden, in the waters of Raritan bay, nor in any waters adjacent thereto, in Richmond 

 county, except that shad may be taken by shad-nets between the fifteenth day of March and the 

 fifteenth day of June, both inclusive, but said nets shall not be allowed to remain in said waters 

 from Saturday at sunset to the following Monday at sunrise. 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. 



Nets Not to be Used In the Harlem River. 



5 139. Nets, set-nets, pounds or fykes shall not be used in Harlem river or East river or the 

 adjacent waters or confluent brooks within five miles from Middlegate or between said Middle- 

 gate and Fort Schuyler. This section shall not apply to nets used for catching lobsters or crabs 

 in Harlem, North or East rivers. 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. 



Exceptions as to Saint Lawrence and Warren Counties. 



5 140. It shall be lawful to fish at any time for perch, suckers, bullheads and pickerel with 

 nets and fykes, and to spear such fish through the ice in any of the streams, ponds or lakes in 

 Warren county, excepting that in Schroon lake, Long pond or Glen lake and Lake George the 

 use of nets, spears and fykes is forbidden. No fish of any kind, except suckers and billfish or 

 garpikes, shall be caught in Black lake, in Saint Lawrence county, or in the waters tributary to said 

 lake, or in the Oswegatchie river, from the boundaries of the city of Ogdensburgh to the village 

 of Heuvelton, except from the first day of May to the fifteenth day of November, both inclusive. 

 Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the catching of fish by angling, in the 

 waters of Black lake, in Saint Lawrence county, at any time, nor the use of spears in catching 

 fish in said Black lake during the months of September, October and November. No trans- 

 portation company in Saint Lawrence or Jefferson counties shall transport any fish caught 

 contrary to the provisions of this section, and when fish, at any time, are offered such company 

 for transportation, they may at their option refuse to accept the same until satisfactory proof is 

 furnished that they were not caught in violation of law. Possession thereof by a 



