In England the owner of land or any one in his employ, may seize the implements of any person angling for fish without right, or may prosecute him by criminal proceedings; and both remedies may be enforced concurrently against any one who fishes unlawfully by any means other than angling.' Under "The Salmon Fishery Act, 1865,"2 any water bailiff may stop and search the boats of any person suspected of illegal fishing, and may search his baskets, and seize any fish and implements, and apprehend the offender without a warrant. Justices of the Peace may issue warrants to search places for illegal instruments and fish illegally caught and seize the same, which upon the conviction of the offender shall be forfeited.3 "The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1890,"4 provides for the punishment of persons convicted of illegal fishing for herring, and that every net illegally set may be seized and destroyed, or otheror otherwise disposed of. "The Pollen Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1891,"5 provides that constables and water bailiffs may without a warrant open and examine all boxes and baskets in search of pollen illegally caught, and may stop and search all boats, and seize fish and instruments as to which there has been an infraction of the law. By a recent act the use of purse seines for catching any fish in any of the waters of Canada has been absolutely prohibited, and the penalty imposed consists of a fine and the confiscation of the offending vessel and all the apparatus used in connection with the illegal catching of fish by the method in question. GREAT BRITAIN. STATUTE OF, RELATING TO THE OYSTER FISHERIES OF IRELAND. "THE SEA FISHERIES ACT, 1868." [31 and 32 Vict., cap. 45. July 13, 1868.] 67. The Irish Fishery Commissioners may from Time to Time lay before Her Majesty in Council Byelaws for the Purpose of restricting or regulating the dredging for Oysters on any Oyster Beds or Banks situate within the Distance of Twenty Miles measured from a straight Line drawn from the Eastern Point of Lambay Island to Carnsore Point on the Coast of Ireland, outside of the Exclusive Fishery Limits of the British Islands, and all such Byelaws shall apply equally to all Boats and Persons on whom they may be binding. 124 and 25 Vict., c. 96, Secs. 24, 25. 2 28 and 29 Vict., c. 121, Secs. 31, 36. 341 and 42 Vict., c. 39, Secs. 9, 11; 51 and 52 Vict., c. 54, Sec. 7; R. S. Canada, c. 95, Secs. 12, 17. 453 and 54 Vict., c. 10, Sec. 3. 554 and 55 Vict., c. 20, Secs. 5, 6. 654 and 55 Vict., c. 43, Sec. 1. In England the owner of land or any one in his employ, may seize the implements of any person angling for fish without right, or may prosecute him by criminal proceedings; and both remedies may be enforced concurrently against any one who fishes unlawfully by any means other than angling.1 2 Under "The Salmon Fishery Act, 1865," any water bailiff may stop and search the boats of any person suspected of illegal fishing, and may search his baskets, and seize any fish and implements, and apprehend the offender without a warrant. Justices of the Peace may issue warrants to search places for illegal instruments and fish illegally caught and seize the same, which upon the conviction of the offender shall be forfeited.3 "The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1890," provides for the punishment of persons convicted of illegal fishing for herring, and that every net illegally set may be seized and destroyed, or otheror otherwise disposed of. "The Pollen Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1891,"5 provides that constables and water bailiffs may without a warrant open and examine all boxes and baskets in search of pollen illegally caught, and may stop and search all boats, and seize fish and instruments as to which there has been an infraction of the law. 6 By a recent act the use of purse seines for catching any fish in any of the waters of Canada has been absolutely prohibited, and the penalty imposed consists of a fine and the confiscation of the offending vessel and all the apparatus used in connection with the illegal catching of fish by the method in question. GREAT BRITAIN. STATUTE OF, RELATING TO THE OYSTER FISHERIES OF IRELAND. "THE SEA FISHERIES ACT, 1868." [31 and 32 Vict., cap. 45. July 13, 1868.] 67. The Irish Fishery Commissioners may from Time to Time lay before Her Majesty in Council Byelaws for the Purpose of restricting or regulating the dredging for Oysters on any Oyster Beds or Banks situate within the Distance of Twenty Miles measured from a straight Line drawn from the Eastern Point of Lambay Island to Carnsore Point on the Coast of Ireland, outside of the Exclusive Fishery Limits of the British Islands, and all such Byelaws shall apply equally to all Boats and Persons on whom they may be binding. 124 and 25 Vict., c. 96, Secs. 24, 25. 228 and 29 Vict., c. 121, Secs. 31, 36. 341 and 42 Vict., c. 39, Secs. 9, 11; 51 and 52 Vict., c. 54, Sec. 7; R. S. Canada, c. 95, Secs. 12, 17. 453 and 54 Vict., c. 10, Sec. 3. 554 and 55 Vict., c. 20, Secs. 5, 6. 654 and 55 Vict., c. 43, Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to do all or any of the following Things, namely: (a) To direct that such Byelaws shall be observed; (b) To impose Penalties not exceeding Twenty Pounds for the Breach of such Byelaws; (c) To apply to the Breach of such Byelaws such (if any) of the Enactments in force respecting the Breach of the Regulations respecting Irish Oyster Fisheries within the Exclusive Fishery Limits of the British Islands, and with such Modifications and Alterations as may be found desirable; (d) To revoke or alter any Order so made, provided that the length of Close Time prescribed by any such Order shall not be shorter than that prescribed for the Time being by the Irish Fishery Commissioners in respect of Beds or Banks within the exclusive Fishery Limits of the British Islands. Every such Order shall be binding on all British Sea-Fishing Boats, and on any other Sea-Fishing Boats in that Behalf specified in the Order, and on the Crews of such Boats. STATUTE RELATING TO THE SCOTCH HERRING FISHERY. "HERRING FISHERY (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889." [52 and 53 Vict., cap. 23. 26th July, 1889.] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short Title. Extent of act. 3. In this act Definition 45 and 46 Vict., c.78. ter cran measure. 1. This Act may be cited as the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act, 1889. 2. This Act extends only to Scotland, and to the parts of the sea adjoining Scotland. "Herring Fishery (Scotland) Acts" means the Herring Fishery Acts enumerated in Schedule I to the Fishery Board (Scotland) Act, 1882, and includes any enactments amending those acts or any of them. 4. Any person buying, selling, delivering, or receiving fresh herrings in the Scotch herring fishery shall be entitled to use Use of eran or quar- for the purpose thereof the measure known as the cran, or a quarter cran measure, being a measure of such capacity that four times its contents, when filled with herrings, shall be equal to one cran; and such measure shall be made of wood, or of such other material as the Fishery Board for Scotland shall direct, and shall be made and branded or otherwise marked in accordance with any regulations for the time being in force of the Fishery Board for Scotland, which regulations that Board are hereby authorized to make, and from time to time to alter and revoke as they see fit. These measures, made, branded, or otherwise marked in all respects in conformity with the regulations for the time being in force of the said Board, shall be the only legal measures for use in buying, selling, delivering, or receiving fresh herrings in the Scotch herring fishery; and any person using any box, basket, or other measure not so made, branded, or otherwise marked shall be liable, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts, to a fine not exceeding five |