of the, Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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for any damage Tdone to another fishing boat, or property belonging 

 thereto. 



Penalties. 



1. For non-compliance with any of the regulations regarding register- 

 ing, lettering, and numbering, boats may be seized whether at sea or in 

 harbour, and the masters thereof are liable to a fine not exceeding £20. 



2. Any fisherman who obstructs, disobeys, or refuses any information 

 to any of the above-named officers in the execution of their duty, shall be 

 liable to a penalty of £50, or imprisonment for not more than three 

 months. 



3. The Statute also enacts (sec. 4) — ' If within the exclusive fishery 

 limits of the British Islands any person, or if outside these limits any 

 person belonging to a. British sea-fishing boat, acts in contravention of the 

 regulations contained in Arts. 13 to 22 inclusive of the Convention, he 

 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50, or in 

 the discretion of the Court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 

 three months, with or without hard labour.' In the foregoing summary 

 the above regulations have been generally explained ; but for the benefit 

 of fishermen who may wish to possess a copy of the Articles themselves, 

 they are here given entire. 



Art. 13. The nationality of a boat must not be concealed in any manner what- 

 soever. 



, 14. No fishing boat shall anchor, between sunset and sunrise, on grounds 

 where drift-net fishing is actually going on. 



This prohibition shall not, however, apply to anchorings which may 

 take place in consequence of accidents or of any other compulsory cir- 

 cumstances. 



J, 15. Boats arriving on the fishing grounds shall not either place themselves 

 or shoot their nets in such a way as to injure each other, or as to inter- 

 fere with fishermen who have already commenced their oj)erations. 



,, 16. Whenever, with a view of drift-net fishing, decked boats and undecked 

 boats commence shooting their nets at the same time, the undecked 

 boats shall shoot their nets to windward of the decked boats. 



The decked boats, on their part, shall shoot their nets to leeward of 

 the undecked boats. 



As a rule, if decked boats shoot their nets to windward of undecked 

 boats which have begun fishing, or if undecked boats shoot their nets 

 to leeward of decked boats which have begun fishing, the responsibility 

 as regards any damages to nets which may result shall rest with .the 

 boats which last began fishing, unless they can prove that they were 

 under stress of compulsory circumstances, or that the damage was not 

 caused by their fault. 

 , 17. No net or any other fishing engine shall be set or anchored on grounds 

 where drift-net fishing is actually going on. 



18. No fisherman shall make fast or hold on his boat to the nets, buoys, 



floats, or any other part of the fishing tackle of another fisherman. 



19. When trawl fishermen are in sight of drift-net or of long-line fishermen, 



they shall take all necessary steps in order to avoid doing injury to the 

 latter. Where damage is caused, the responsibility shall lie on the 

 trawlers, unless they can prove that they were under stress of compul- 

 sory circumstances, or that the loss sustained did not result from their 

 fault. 



20. When nets belonging to diff"erent fishermen get foul of each other, they 



shall not be cut without the consent of both parties. 



All responsibility shall cease if the impossibility of disengaging the 

 nets by any other means is proved. 



21. When a boat fishing with long lines entangles her lines in those of an- 



other boat, the person who hauls up the lines shall not cut them except 

 under stress of compulsory circumstances, in which case any line which 

 may be cut shall be immediately joined together again. 

 ,, 22. Except in cases of salvage and the cases to which the two preceding 

 articles relate, no fisherman shall, under any pretext whatever, cut, 

 hook, or lift up nets, lines, or other gear not belonging to him. 



