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Appendices to Fourth Annual Report 



4. Small boats, baoys, and all fishing gear or implements must be 

 marked in legible characters with the letters and numbers of the boat to 

 which they belong ; but owners of nets and other fishing implements may 

 further distinguish them by any private marks they think proper. 



5. The letters and numbers of a boat must not be covered or concealed 

 in any way. 



6. 1^0 boat must anchor between sunset and sunrise on ground where 

 drift net-fishing is actually going on, except under compulsory cir- 

 cumstances. 



Fishing Operations, 



1. jN"o boat shall shoot her nets or lines so as to interfere with the 

 operations of another boat which has already commenced fishing. 



2. The boat which has last shot her nets or lines will be held respon- 

 sible for any damage she may do to a boat (or its gear) which had shot 

 previously, unless they can prove that it was under compulsory circum- 

 stances, or that the damage was not caused by their fault. 



3. When nets or lines belonging to different fishermen get foul of each 

 other, they must not be cut without the consent of both parties, unless 

 they cannot be otherwise disengaged ; and lines so cut under stress of 

 compulsory circumstances must be immediately joined together again. It 

 is recommended that the same be done with nets. 



4. E'o boat shall be made fast to the nets, lines, or fishing-gear of 

 another fisherman. 



5. No fisherman shall, under any pretext whatever, cut, hook, or lift 

 up nets, lines, or other fishing gear not belonging to him, except in the 

 cases of salvage and of fouling of nets and lines above referred to. 



Salvage. 



All wreck or fishing gear, marked or unmarked, picked up at sea, must 

 be delivered to the proper authority at the first port touched at by the 

 salving boat. This applies to all fishermen in the North Sea outside the 

 territorial waters; and when any such wreck or fishing gear is picked 

 up elsewhere by British fishermen, it should be immediately reported to 

 the proper authority, who will give directions as to its disposal. 



Traivling Vessels. 



Trawlers must use every precaution to avoid doing damage to the nets 

 or lines of other boats, and will be held responsible for any loss sustained, 

 unless they can prove that it did not result from their fault. 



Signal Lights. 



1. Masters of sea fishing boats are warned to be careful in complying 

 with the rules of the road at sea, and carry and exhibit such lights only 

 as are authorised by the Board of Trade. 



2. Masters are by law held responsible for the acts of all persons belong- 

 ing to their boats. 



Complaints. 



Complaints for damage sustained to boats or fishing gear may be made 

 to the following Officers, viz. : — The Commanders of Superintending Ves- 

 sels ; Officers of Custom House and Coast Guard ; the Commanders of 

 Fishery Cruisers; and the Officers of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 

 who will, if required by both parties, fix the amount of compensation due 



