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Unquestionably the protection afforded to the berried lobster 
during the months April to July each year is a hardship to the 
fishermen, but I can see no other reason for the fact that since 
1904— five years after the protection began— more lobsters have been 
landed in the Northumberland district than in any of the others. 
By-law in Northumberland district, protecting berried lobsters each year 
April 1st to July 3lst, passed in 1899. 
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