WHITEBAIT NETS.
The following are the regulations in connection with the size of white bait nets, vide the “ Sea Fisheries Act, 1894 ” :
“No scrim or whitebait - net shall be used as set-net, or be set or placed in openings made in the banks of rivers or streams, or in dams constructed therein ; and no scrim hand-net having an opening of more than five square feet shall be used for the purpose of catching whitebait. Provided that scrim hand-nets having an opening of nine square feet may be used for the purpose of catching whitebait within the Provincial District of Canterbury, or in any waters of the Waitaki River. Provided further that nothing in this regulation shall render it unlawful to take whitebait by means of set-nets having an opening of not more than seven square feet, in the County of Westland, during the period from the 15th day of September to the 24th day of October in each year.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 438, 22 September 1908, Page 3
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159WHITEBAIT NETS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 438, 22 September 1908, Page 3
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