An Act to make further provision for the Salmon Fisheries in the Bay of Gaspé, and in certain parts of the County of Northumberland, and to repeal in part a certain Act therein-mentioned. (22d March, 1825.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    5 George IV – Chapter 15
  • Year
    1825
  • Concepts
    Natural Resources
    Indigenous Peoples
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Local
  • Number of Articles
    6
  • Description
    An Act to prohibit the inhabitants or persons in the Inferior District of Gaspé, and in the County of Northumberland east of the little River Malbaie to the Black River to set up nets to catch salmon or spear salmon in any of the rivers falling into the Bay of Gaspé, or into the River Saint Lawrence. Regulations are also put on the times of year that Indigenous peoples are allowed to hunt Salmon with spears, with the assistance of flambeaux, and a clause from a former Act that prohibited the use of any Caplin, or any Herring Spawn or Caplin Spawn, for the purposes of Manure is repealed. This Act is to expire in 1829.
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