...of Parliament "which professed to regulate or restrict the modes of fishing pursued inshore, should be repealed; with the exceptions, purely on grounds...above Otter Spit, of the Act prohibiting trawling for herrings in Scotland. "t Effect was soon given to the recommendations of the Commission. The Actti...

...of Parliament "which professed to regulate or restrict the modes of fishing pursued inshore, should be repealed ; with the exceptions, purely on grounds...Loch Fyne which lies above Otter Spit, of the Act pi'ohibiting trawling for herrings in Scotland. "t Effect was soon given to the recommendations of...

...1866 a drastic recommendation, which at that time was entirely justified. "We advise", they wrote, "that all Acts of Parliament which profess to regulate, or restrict, the modes of fishing pursued in the open sea be repealed, and that unrestricted freedom of fishing be permitted hereafter." And,...