'All fish houses or other contrivances for hiding fishermen, shall at all times be open to the inspection of peace officers or protectors, and unless in actual transit from the shore to or from a fishing place are hereby declared to be a public nuisance upon the ice or waters of Chautauqua lake at all times not herein allowed. Such nuisance may be summarily abated by any officer or private person by the destruction thereof. § 84. Spearing and hooking.-Suckers, bullheads, eels and dogfish may be speared in the Delaware river in Delaware county from April first to September thirtieth, both inclusive; and in the waters of Lake Ontario in the towns of Ellisburg, Henderson, Hounsfield and Brownville in Jefferson county at any time. Such fish may be taken from December first to May fifteenth, both inclusive, by hooking in Oneida lake, Oneida river, Onondaga lake, in the Delaware and Charlotte rivers and their tributary streams in the counties of Delaware and Sullivan, in the Schoharie river and its tributary streams in Schoharie and Greene counties, and in the waters of Cortland, Tioga, Broome, Chenango and Otsego counties. § 85. Warren county, certain waters.-Pike-perch or great northern pike shall not be taken from the waters of Lake George or Glen lake from January first to June fifteenth both inclusive. Bullheads shall not be taken from said lakes from January first to June thirtieth, both inclusive. Black bass shall not be taken in the town of Horicon from January first to July tenth, both inclusive. Perch, suckers and bullheads may be speared through the ice in the waters of said county, except Schroon lake, Long pond, or Glen lake and Lake George. Perch may be taken through the ice by angling in Lake George. There shall be no open season for fish of any kind prior to the year nineteen hundred and three in East brook and West brook or any of their tributaries in the town of Caldwell or in Harris or Edmund brook, Indian brook or Finkle brook in the town of Bolton. § 86. Saint Lawrence county, certain waters.-Fish except suckers and billfish or garpikes, shall not be taken in Black lake or the waters tributary thereto, or in the Oswegatchie river from the boundaries of the city of Ogdensburg to the vil lage of Heuvelton, except from May first to November fifteenth both inclusive. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the catching of fish by angling at any time, or the use of tip-ups in fishing through the ice in the waters of Black lake. § 87. Extension of close seasons.-There shall be the following extension of close seasons: 1. Fall creek, Ithaca.-There shall be no open season for fish in that part of Fall creek between Lake street bridge in the city of Ithaca and Ithaca falls including the pool at the foot of the falls. 2. Lawrence brook.-Fish shall not be taken in Lawrence brook or its tributaries in the towns of Moira and Dickinson, Franklin county, before June first nineteen hundred and three, except that suckers may be taken with snares only. 3. Chateaugay lakes.-Fish shall not be taken before June first nineteen hundred and four in the brooks, streams or inlets running into the Upper or Lower Chateaugay lakes or the narrows between said lakes, or the Chateaugay river as far down as the Forge dam except in the south inlet below where the East branch enters the inlet, in that part of the Ouleout below the bridge where the highway from Merrill's to Lyon's Mountain crosses the Ouleout, and in that part of the mouth of the west inlet navigable by ordinary row boats. 4. Silver lake.-Fish shall not be taken in the waters of Silver lake or the marshes adjoining said lake during the months of March and April. § 99. Penalties.-A person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition thereto is liable as follows: For each violation of section seventy in relation to placing fish in the Adirondacks, a penalty of five hundred dollars; for every other violation of said article a penalty of sixty dollars and an additional penalty of ten dollars for each fish taken or possessed in violation thereof. ARTICLE V. LONG ISLAND. Section 100. Application of article. 101. Deer, dogs. 102. Squirrels, hares and rabbits. 103. Wild fowl. 104. Manner of hunting. 105. Meadow hens and other birds. Section 106. Woodcock, grouse and quail. 107. Robbins and Gardiners islands. 108. Plover and other birds. 109. Trout. 110. Black bass. 111. Lake trout. 112. Jamaica bay and adjacent waters. 113. Size of meshes in Coney Island creek. 114. Supervisors of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. 119. Penalties. Section 100. Application of article. This article applies only to the counties of Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk, and to Long Island sound, and shall be construed with the general provisions of this act relating to fish and game. In case of conflict the provisions in this article shall be substituted for the general provisions: but such parts of the general provisions as are not necessarily superseded shall apply. § 101. Deer; dogs.-Deer shall not be taken at any other time than on the first two Wednesdays and first two Fridays of November. Dogs may be had in the forest for use on those days. Except on those days possession of venison in the forests of Suffolk county between the first Wednesday and the sixteenth day of November, shall be presumptive evidence of a violation of this section. Possession of wild deer or venison between August fourteenth and the first Wednesday in November, shall be conclusive evidence of a violation of this section unless it appear that the same was lawfully killed within the state, or was killed without the state. § 102. Squirrels, hares and rabbits.-Black and gray squirrels, hares and rabbits shall not be taken or possessed from January first to October thirty-first, both inclusive, except that if lawfully taken they can be possessed in the city of New York during the open season therefor in this state at large. § 103. Wild fowl.-Web-footed wild fowl shall not be taken cr possessed from May first to September thirtieth, both inclusive (except if lawfully taken, they can be possessed in the city of New York during the open season therefor); or taken in the night between sunset and daylight. § 104. Manner of hunting.-Wild fowl may be taken by aid of any floating device at any distance from shore in Long Island sound, in Great South bay west of Smith's point and in Shinnecock, Gardiner and Peconic bays. Sailboats may be used in Long Island sound, Gardiner and Peconic bays. § 105. Meadow hens and other birds.-Meadow hens, mud hens, gallinule and grebe shall not be taken from December thirtyfirst to August fifteenth both inclusive. § 106. Woodcock, grouse and quail.-Grouse and quail shall not be taken from January first to October thirty-first both inclusive. Woodcock shall not be taken from January first to July thirty-first both inclusive. Such birds shall not be possessed in their close season except in the city of New York where they may be possessed during the open season in the state at large. § 107. Robbins and Gardiners island.-Quail may be taken on Robbins island as long as it remains the property of the Robbins Island Club, and on Gardiners island from October fifteenth to January thirty-first both inclusive. Woodcock may be taken on these islands from August first to December thirty-first both inclusive. § 108. Plover and other birds.-Plover, curlew, jack snipe, bittern, Wilsons, commonly known as English snipe, yellow legs, killdeer, willet snipe, dowitcher, short-necks, rail, sandpiper, bay snipe, surf snipe, winter snipe, ring-necks and oxeyes shall not be taken or possessed from January first to June thirtieth, both inclusive. § 109. Trout.-Trout shall not be taken or possessed from August thirty-first to March twenty-eighth both inclusive. Trout taken lawfully may be sold or possessed in the city of New York in the open season established by this section. § 110. Black bass.-Black bass shall not be taken from January first to May twenty-ninth both inclusive. § 111. Lake trout.-Lake trout shall not be taken from Octo ber first to March thirty-first both inclusive. § 112. Jamaica bay and adjacent waters.-Except as herein provided, fish shall not be taken by any device other than angling in Jamaica bay, Flatlands bay, Grassy bay, or waters adjacent to said bays and opening into the ocean from Rockaway inlet or other inlets to said bay. The inlets from the ocean to said bays shall not be obstructed by any device so as to prevent the passage of fish at any time. Refuse and debris may be taken with nets having meshes with not less than a six inch bar. Minnows or shrimp for bait may be taken by hand nets not more than forty feet long and four feet deep. No other nets shall be used in said waters. Angling shall always be lawful. Eels may be taken with a spear or eel-weir. § 113. Size of meshes in Coney Island creek.-Meshes of nets, except eel and flounder hoop nets, used in Coney Island creek, or within one-half mile of the mouth thereof in Gravesend bay, shall not be less than four inches square. Eel and flounder hoop nets may be used from October fifteenth to March thirtyfirst both inclusive. § 114. Supervisors of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties.— The boards of supervisors of the counties of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk may respectively pass laws regulating and controlling the taking of fish and shell-fish from or in the salt water of such counties. § 119. Penalties.-A person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to the following penalties for violation thereof: For each deer or part of deer taken or possessed in violation thereof one hundred dollars; for each bird taken or possessed in violation thereof, twenty-five dollars; for each squirrel, hare or rabbit taken or possessed in violation thereof, ten dollars, and for each fish taken or possessed in violation thereof, the sum of ten dollars; for every other violation thereof, sixty dollars. ARTICLE VI. SHELL FISH. Section 120. Close season for oysters in Harlem river. 122. Taking oysters in South bay. 124. Oyster beds protected. 125. Dredging and raking for oysters and clams. 126. Clams and oysters about Staten island. |