MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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() "Seine net" means a net not less than one hundred feet in length by [Table V] three feet in width, which is shot from a boat and hauled by both ends to the shore.
2. Owners of stake-nets and seine nets shall pay to the Harbour Master annual licence fees commencing from 1st June in each year in accordance with the scale in regulation 10 of these regulations.
3. Licences shall not be transferable, and shall specify the exact place in which they may be used.
4. No new stake-net shall be erected without the permission in writing of the Harbour Master, which permission shall state the class of net and the place in which it is to be used.
5. No new stake-net shall be erected within two hundred yards of an existing stake-net without the consent of the owner thereof.
6. Every stake-net shall exhibit between sunset and sunrise a bright white light visible in all directions seaward for at least one mile.
7. Every stake-net shall exhibit conspicuously a board shewing the licence number of the stake-net.
8. The Harbour Master may order the removal of stakes when not in use.
9. No person shall within the waters of the Colony kill or take any fish by means of any explosive whatsoever.
10. Annual licence fees :-
Inshore stake-net, $2.
Offshore stake-net, if in less than 5 fathoms of water $4; otherwise $5.
Line of stakes and nets, if removed daily, $1 for every 100 yards; if not removed daily, $1 for every 10 yards.
Seine net, $2.
REGULATION, CONTROL, AND LICENSING OF OYSTER FISHERIES AT DEEP BAY AND OTHER PLACES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
11. No person shall carry on any of the operations of oyster rearing or fishing in the New Territories unless:
(a) such person shall have taken out a licence for doing the same which may be in the form in the Appendix to these regulations;
(b) the conditions under which such licences are issued are complied with.
12. Such licence shall be granted by the Colonial Secretary to such persons, and for such period and upon payment in advance of such fees, as may be approved by the Governor.