Freshwater Fisheries Act 1886
WHEREAS by section eleven of the Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1878, a penalty is imposed for fishing for, buying, or selling, freshwater fish during the close season in that section mentioned, and the term "freshwater fish" is defined to include all kinds of fish (other than pollan, trout, and char) which live in fresh water, except those kinds which migrate to or from the open sea: And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether eels are included in the term freshwater fish in the said section men...