Elvers - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Elvers, fry of eels, for which in the Severn fishery district a close time is fixed. See EELS....
Elver
A young eel a young conger or sea eel called also elvene...
Eels
Eels. By the (English) Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 16), s. 35, no person is to fish for eels by rod and line during the annual close season for freshwater fish; s. 36 prohibits the use of eel baskets between 31st December and 25th June; but eels and the fry of eels are not freshwater fish by s. 92; there is a close season for elvers (which includes the fry of eels) in the Severn fishery district between 31st December and 1st March, also between 25th April and 25th June (s. 87). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Fish....
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