Pound nets. Proviso. when may use. twenty feet from the bottom of the bay or lake. Pound nets with the pot, crib or pocket, being that part of the net in which fish are finally captured, having meshes of not less than three and one-half inches in the bottom, sides and front, extension measure, from center of knot to center of knot when fully extended, with the back having meshes of not more than two inches, extension measure, for at least fifteen feet below the surface of the water, with the lead having meshes of not less than five inches, the funnel and the heart having meshes of not less than four inches, extension measure as manufactured, may be used for taking whitefish, trout and yellow pickerel : Provided, That pound nets having meshes of not less than four inches as manufactured may be used without the use of the small mesh back above provided. Pound nets, with the front, sides and bottom of the pot, crib or pocket having meshes of not less than two and one-fourth inches and the back having meshes of not more than two inches, the funnel inside of the pot, crib or pocket two and one-fourth inches, and such part of the funnel outside of the crib or pocket with the heart and lead four inches, as manufactured, may be used for the purpose of taking pickerel, perch, herring and other rough fish where the season's catch of mature whitefish and trout does not Pound nets, exceed ten per centum per annum; and pound nets with meshes of not less than two inches, extension measure, as manufactured, in pots, cribs or pockets, may be used from October first of each year to June fifteenth of the year following for the purpose of taking herring where they do not interfere with or catch immature whitefish or trout. Seines having wings with the meshes of not less than four inches, and the pocket or bag, the bag of which shall not be more than onefourth the length of the seine, having meshes of not less than two and one-fourth inches, extension measure, as used, may be used for the purpose of taking pickerel, wall-eyed pike, perch, herring, chubs and other rough fish wherever they will not interfere with or take whitefish or trout: Provided, That seines shall not be used in any of the connecting waters of the great lakes for any purpose except for fish culture, when used by the state director of conservation or his representatives. Hoop fyke nets, gobbler nets, trap nets, finnish nets or any other kind of a net having a pocket or crib on the principle of a pound net are considered under this act to be pound nets and when used must be so set or staked as to bring a portion of the heart or pockets, by the use of an open funnel extending to and opened into the pocket or heart of the net, to the surface of the waters by means of a stake, float, rack or other device. It shall be unlawful to use in the waters of the said unlawful to lakes, bays or harbors, submarine trap nets; and any of the above kind of trap nets, hoop fyke or other specie of net when set below the surface of the water shall for the purposes of this act be deemed a submarine trap net. All gill nets as prescribed in this section shall be by extension measure, from center of knot to center of knot when fully extended as used Proviso. What considered pound nets. Submarine trap nets, use. for the purpose of taking fish. It shall be unlawful to use any gill net of a greater measurement than eleven feet in depth in any of the waters of the great lakes and the bays thereof. seasons. SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the Closed waters named in this act any trout from the tenth day of October to the fourth day of November, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in this act any whitefish from the twentieth day of November until the fifteenth day of December, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in Yellow pickerel. this act any yellow pickerel from the first day of January to the first day of April, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in this act any suckers from the fifteenth day of April to the fifteenth day of May, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to Perch. take from any of the waters named in this act any perch from the fifteenth day of April to the fifteenth day of June, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in this act any grass pike from the first day of April to the first day of June, inclusive, in each year. It is declared to be a violation of this act to set nets for the Setting taking of trout or whitefish before the first day of the open unlawful. season for taking said fish, and the license of any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation shall be revoked upon conviction of unlawfully setting nets before the first day of the open season as provided in this act. Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in the taking of fish for commercial purposes from May fifteenth to September fifteenth under the provisions of this act shall carry sufficient ice and properly chill said fish at the time and place of their removal from the water. nets to whom SEC. 9. All persons, firms, copartnerships, associations or Spawn, corporations engaged in fishing for whitefish, trout, wall-eyed delivered. pike or perch in the waters named in this act, shall from the beginning of the spawning season for these fish, such time to be determined by test under the direction of the state director of conservation, until the beginning of the closed season provided by section seven of this act, and after the said closed season, strip all ripe fish, both male and female, save all of the spawn, properly impregnate it, and deliver it to the state director of conservation or to his representatives, at his or its fishing port, and all such persons, firms, copartnerships, associations and corporations shall have a sufficient force of men on each boat properly to save, handle, impregnate and deliver such spawn. The saving, handling, impregnating and deliver who to ing of spawn shall be done under the direction of the state director of conservation and in accordance with such regulations and under such supervision as he may prescribe: Pro- Proviso. vided, That the said state director of conservation shall not discriminate against any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in such fishing during said closed direct. Pound nets. Proviso. when may use. twenty feet from the bottom of the bay or lake. Pound nets with the pot, crib or pocket, being that part of the net in which fish are finally captured, having meshes of not less than three and one-half inches in the bottom, sides and front, extension measure, from center of knot to center of knot when fully extended, with the back having meshes of not more than two inches, extension measure, for at least fifteen feet below the surface of the water, with the lead having meshes of not less than five inches, the funnel and the heart having meshes of not less than four inches, extension measure as manufactured, may be used for taking whitefish, trout and yellow pickerel: Provided, That pound nets having meshes of not less than four inches as manufactured may be used without the use of the small mesh back above provided. Pound nets, with the front, sides and bottom of the pot, crib or pocket having meshes of not less than two and one-fourth inches and the back having meshes of not more than two inches, the funnel inside of the pot, crib or pocket two and one-fourth inches, and such part of the funnel outside of the crib or pocket with the heart and lead four inches, as manufactured, may be used for the purpose of taking pickerel, perch, herring and other rough fish where the season's catch of mature whitefish and trout does not Found nets, exceed ten per centum per annum; and pound nets with meshes of not less than two inches, extension measure, as manufactured, in pots, cribs or pockets, may be used from October first of each year to June fifteenth of the year following for the purpose of taking herring where they do not interfere with or catch immature whitefish or trout. Seines having wings with the meshes of not less than four inches, and the pocket or bag, the bag of which shall not be more than onefourth the length of the seine, having meshes of not less than two and one-fourth inches, extension measure, as used, may be used for the purpose of taking pickerel, wall-eyed pike, perch, herring, chub's and other rough fish wherever they will not interfere with or take whitefish or trout: Provided. That seines shall not be used in any of the connecting waters of the great lakes for any purpose except for fish culture, when used by the state director of conservation or his representatives. Hoop fyke nets, gobbler nets, trap nets, finnish nets or any other kind of a net having a pocket or crib on the principle of a pound net are considered under this act to be pound nets and when used must be so set or staked as to bring a portion of the heart or pockets, by the use of an open funnel extending to and opened into the pocket or heart of the net, to the surface of the waters by means of a stake, float, rack or other device. It shall be unlawful to use in the waters of the said unlawful to lakes, bays or harbors, submarine trap nets; and any of the above kind of trap nets, hoop fyke or other specie of net when set below the surface of the water shall for the purposes of this act be deemed a submarine trap net. All gill nets as prescribed in this section shall be by extension measure, from center of knot to center of knot when fully extended as used Proviso. What considered pound nets. Submarine trap nets, use. for the purpose of taking fish. It shall be unlawful to use any gill net of a greater measurement than eleven feet in depth in any of the waters of the great lakes and the bays thereof. seasons. SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the Closed waters named in this act any trout from the tenth day of October to the fourth day of November, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in this act any whitefish from the twentieth day of November until the fifteenth day of December, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in Yellow pickerel. this act any yellow pickerel from the first day of January to the first day of April, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in this act any suckers from the fifteenth day of April to the fifteenth day of May, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to Perch. take from any of the waters named in this act any perch from the fifteenth day of April to the fifteenth day of June, inclusive, in each year. It shall be unlawful to take from any of the waters named in this act any grass pike from the first day of April to the first day of June, inclusive, in each year. It is declared to be a violation of this act to set nets for the Setting taking of trout or whitefish before the first day of the open unlawful. season for taking said fish, and the license of any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation shall be revoked upon conviction of unlawfully setting nets before the first day of the open season as provided in this act. Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in the . taking of fish for commercial purposes from May fifteenth to September fifteenth under the provisions of this act shall carry sufficient ice and properly chill said fish at the time and place of their removal from the water. nets to whom SEC. 9. All persons, firms, copartnerships, associations or Spawn, corporations engaged in fishing for whitefish, trout, wall-eyed delivered. pike or perch in the waters named in this act, shall from the beginning of the spawning season for these fish, such time to be determined by test under the direction of the state director of conservation, until the beginning of the closed season provided by section seven of this act, and after the said closed season, strip all ripe fish, both male and female, save all of the spawn, properly impregnate it, and deliver it to the state director of conservation or to his representatives, at his or its fishing port, and all such persons, firms, copartnerships, associations and corporations shall have a sufficient force of men on each boat properly to save, handle, impregnate and deliver such spawn. The saving, handling, impregnating and deliver- who to ing of spawn shall be done under the direction of the state director of conservation and in accordance with such regulations and under such supervision as he may prescribe: Pro- Proviso. vided, That the said state director of conservation shall not discriminate against any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in such fishing during said closed direct. Unlawful to take with nets. To keep account of fish taken, etc. Report of, to whom made. or open season, having a sufficient force of men on each boat properly to save, handle, impregnate and deliver such spawn at any port or fishing ground when it has been determined that fish are ripe for spawning, and when such determination has been made by the state director of conservation the fishing season automatically opens at such port or fishing ground. Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in commercial fishing failing to properly save, handle, impregnate, and deliver such spawn during any period when spawn are ripe shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this act. SEC. 17. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch with any kind of a net in any of the waters mentioned in this act, bass of any kind, any brook trout, rainbow trout, American brown trout, Lock Leven trout, steelhead trout or any species of brook trout, crappies, muskellunge, sturgeon and sunfish, or to call or offer for sale or to have in possession at any time any of the said fish taken with nets. Any such fish found in any net shall at once be returned to the waters from which taken with as little harm as possible to said fish, by the person or persons lifting the net or nets. SEC. 23. Every person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation taking fish for the market in any of the waters mentioned in this act shall keep an accurate account of the number of pounds of each kind of fish taken and the number of quarts of spawn taken and the number of pounds of caviar taken by them, together with the disposition of such spawn and caviar, and shall on or before February first of each year report under oath to the state director of conservation the . total number of pounds of each of the kinds of fish caught during the year ending December thirty-first preceding the filing of the report, and the number of quarts of spawn taken and its disposition and the number of pounds of caviar taken. Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation failing to make the report as above shall in the discretion of the director of conservation be denied a license until such report is filed, in addition to the penalty prescribed in section twenty-four. Approved May 12, 1927. |