ILLEGAL FISHING.
FIXES INFLICTED
fPIJIt PIIKSB ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 7. Three cases under the Fisheries Conservation Act were heard at the Magistrate’s Court to-day, the offences having been detected at New Brighton on December 12tli. Two young men were fined for having taken soles less. than nine inches in length and nine inches in width, and they and four other men wore fined for having dragged a net containing fish on to dry land, Ahe latter is an offence under Section 11 of the Act, which nrovides a maximum penalty of £2O for each offence. One of the fishermen stated that there was no clause to this effect in the regulations provided by the Customs’ Officers, but the magistrate assured hint that the Act was definite on the point and ignorance of the laiv was no excuse. They must take all fish out of the net before taking it out of the water.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2705, 8 January 1910, Page 5
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153ILLEGAL FISHING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2705, 8 January 1910, Page 5
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