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APPENDIX H. 



NOTICE TO SEA FISHEEMEN. 



THE SEA FISHERIES ACT, 1883. 

 (46 AND 47 Vict., Cap. 22.) 



A SUMMARY of the Chief Regulations now in force under the above 

 Act and Relative Statutes. Prepared and issued for the 

 guidance of Fishermen on the Scottish Coast, under the Autho- 

 rity of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



The Fishery Board for Scotland desires to call the attention of British 

 Sea Fishermen to the Regulations enacted by the Sea Fisheries Act of 

 1883, and the International Convention (scheduled to the Act) between 

 Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, and the Netherlands, 

 regulating the Police of the Fisheries in the North Sea outside territorial 

 waters. For the purposes of the Act the 61st degree of north latitude is 

 made the northern boundary of the North Sea , and for the information 

 of our own fishermen, the following Statement has been prepared of the 

 principal Regulations which, under the several Fishery Acts, fall now to 

 be observed by them in fishing on the Scottish Coast, within or without 

 the territorial waters. 



Fishing Boats and Vessels. 



1. AU sea fishing boats must be registered, lettered, and numbered, in 

 accordance with the Rules and Regulations for the different classes. 



2. The certificates of registry must be kept on board the boat at all 

 times (save when laid up), and must be produced annually for indorsa- 

 tion to an Officer of Customs, Coast Guard, or of the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland. 



3. The name of the boat and the port she belongs to must be painted 

 on the outside of the stern, and the letters and numbers on the outside of 

 each bow, and on each side of the principal sail above the close reef 

 points. No other marks are allowed by the Convention on the outside of 

 the hull or on the sails. 



Note. — 1. The name on the boat and the port to which she belongs must be 

 painted on the stern, in white oil-colour on a black ground, in letters 

 measuring 3 inches in height by l-inch in breadth. 



2. The initial letter or letters and registry number of the port must be 



painted on each bow, 3 inches below the gunwale, and on each side 

 of the principal sail above the close reef points. 



3. For boats of 15 tons burden and upwards the dimensions of the letters 



and numbers on the bows shall be 18 inches in height and 2| in 

 breadth, and on the sail one-third larger every way. 



4. For boats of less than 15 tons burden, which may not have sufficient 



space below the gunwale, the distance will not be obligatory, but the 

 dimensions of the letters and numbers on the bows shall be 10 inches 

 by If inches respectively, and on the sails a third larger every way. 



