It is prohibited for fishing in the Rhine and its tributaries, as long as there are migratory fish (salmon and shad), the use of any permanent fishing gear (nuts, gords) and any apparatus fixed to the shore or anchored in the bed of The river (nasses, dam nets), preventing the movement of fish from passing over more than half the width of the watercourse, measured at ordinary low water and in the shortest straight line from one bank to the other.

The distance between the poles forming the salmon (gords) dams, as well as that of the ties, shall be at least ten centimetres.

The distance between two permanent fishing vessels set on the shore or anchored in the river bed or between two fixed flets, employed simultaneously on the same bank or on both sides of the river, shall not be less than double the Length of the respective device or net. If these are of different lengths, it is the largest length that is the rule for the relative distance.

The above provisions shall not apply to "Altrhein" (Giessen, small golfers formed by the river), if they are not connected on both sides with the main course, so that the migratory fish can in all Free movement.

No fishing apparatus, whatever its shape or name, shall be used if its openings or mesh, in the wet state, have at least, both in height and in width, the following dimensions:

(a)

For the salmon fishery: The baskets (baskets, traps), floating nets: 6 centimetres; the interior of the breastplates (sleeve or funnel of the trap) 4 centimetres;

(b)

Fishing for other large species: 3 centimetres;

(c)

For small species fishing: 2 centimetres.

For fishing in the Rhine between Schaffhausen and Basel, it will generally not be possible to use any net whose meshes measured as above would be less than 3 centimetres.

When checking the baskets and fillets, a difference of one tenth will be tolerated.

In order to fish for fish to be used as food for fish farms, as well as fish to be used as a primer, the monitoring authority may, subject to sufficient control, permit the use of nets with Smaller sizes of meshes; however, this does not alter the minimum fish size provisions (Art. 5) and periods of prohibition of fishing (art. 6).

Floating nets shall not be held or fixed in the water in such a way as to remain stationary or hooked.

In the course of the Rhine, from the fall near Schaffhausen downstream, and in its tributaries, as long as they are used for the circulation of salmon and shad to the places where these fish spawn, floating nets cannot be used For fishing as long as they have a smaller width of 2.5 metres between the upper and lower syringe.

Multiple floating nets can be used only if they are placed at a distance of at least double the length of the largest net.

If the salmon fishery in the lower Rhine with " Zegens " was to be introduced into the territory of the Upper Rhine, it would be prohibited during the period from August 27 to October 26, inclusive.

Are not prohibited:

1.

The use of explosives or other harmful substances (particularly dynamite, explosive cartridges, poisoned primers and materials intended to displace fish);

2.

The use of spring traps, harpoons, fish triteeth, firearms and other such fishing gear that can injure fish; the use of hooks is permitted;

3.

The establishment of new fixed fisheries (fish traps); existing fisheries must be provided with openings of a corresponding dimension to that of the mesh of the nets (Art. 2);

4. ¹

Fishing for salmon fishing during the period from October 20 to December 24;

5.

The dry-up of rivers for fishing;

6.

Night fishing by the active intervention of man. The monitoring authorities may grant exceptions to this prohibition, particularly with respect to the salmon and shad fishery.

Fish of the following species may not be peddled or sold, if, measured from the tip of the head to the tip of the tail, they do not have at least the following lengths:

Salmon (Trutta Salar, L.) 50 cm

Eel (Anguilla fluviatilis) 35 cm

Sandre (Lucioperca Sandra, L.) 35 cm

Pickerel (Esox Lucius, L.) 30 cm

Lake trout (Trutta lacustris, L.) 30 cm

River Shadow (Thymallus vulgaris, Nils.) 25 cm

Arctic knight (Rötheli, Salmo Salvelinus, L.) 25 cm

Barbeau (Barbus fluviatilis, Agass.) 25 cm

River trout (Trutta Fario, L.) 20 cm

Rainbow trout (Salmo irideus, Gibb.) 20 cm

Coregone fera (Fera, Coregonus Fera, Jur.) 20 cm

Palate, bondage (Coregonus Wartmanni, Bloch) 20 cm

Gravanche (Coregonus hiemalis, Jur.) 20 cm

Marena (Coregonus Maræna, Bloch) 20 cm

White whitefish (White-fish, Coregonus albus) 20 cm

Slice (Tinca vulgaris, Cuv.) 20 cm

If fish that do not have the above specified lengths are caught, they must be immediately released to the water.

For the following species of fish, the periods during which fishing is prohibited shall be fixed as follows:

1.

From 1 ^Er March to April 30, for river shade and rainbow trout;

2.

From 1 ^Er April to May 31, for the sandre;

3.

From 1 ^Er October to December 31, for lake trout;

4.

From October 10 to January 10 for river trout;

5.

From 1 ^Er November to 31 December, for the knight (Rötheli);

6.

November 11 to December 24, for salmon ² ;

7.

November 15 to December 15, for whitefish (fera, palate [bondage], gravanche and porpoise).

Fishing for sterile trout, blue or silver trout (called Silber-or Schwebforellen), in Lake Constance, is permitted during prohibited times.

If fish returning to one of the species subject to a fishing ban are caught while the fishery is free for other species of fish, they must be immediately released to the water.

The salmon fishery, as well as whitefish (fera, palate, gravanche and porpoise), can also be used during the blackout period (al. 1), however only with the express authorization of the competent authority. This authorisation should only be given if it is certain that the spawning elements (eggs and milt) of the fish caught at the time of spawning will be used for artificial fish farming.

If the latter guarantee is acquired or if the fish are to be used for scientific experiments, the fishing authorisation may also, in certain cases, for the other species of fish indicated above (al. 1), be granted by the competent authority during the blackout period.

In addition, in the period from 15 April to the end of May, fishing by means of floating nets can be exercised in the deep parts of Lake Constance, carefully avoiding any contact with the banks (Halden), the "Reiser" and all the flora Aquatic (Kraebs).

From Basel downstream, the fishing of salmon and shad, with any gear, is prohibited, for 24 hours each week, from Saturday to 6 o'clock in the evening until Sunday at 6 p.m., in the Rhine and in the parts of its Tributaries that are used for the movement of these fish to the areas where they are spawning.

Fish whose fishing is prohibited, or because they do not have the required length (s. 5), either because they are placed under protection for a specified period of time (art. 6), cannot be colported, sold or shipped; in the second case, the first three days of the barring period excepted. Similarly, it is forbidden to serve these fish in hostels, restaurants, hotels, etc.

This prohibition does not apply to salmon and whitefish that have been licensed under the penultimate paragraph of section 6. In addition, in extraordinary cases such as the forced fishing of fish in ponds, then certain phenomena or other cases of force majeure (e.g. water diversion, etc.), the competent authorities May, exceptionally and subject to sufficient control, authorize the sale and dispatch of these fish. This same authorisation may be given for fish intended for artificial fish farming.

No person shall pay or sell, in fish-bearing waters, any mill residues or other materials which, by their nature and quantity, could adversely affect or hunt fish.

The competent authority will also determine the extent to which existing flows originating from agricultural or industrial establishments will be subject to the above rule ¹ .

Each government of the riparian states concerned shall appoint a representative for its territory.

These representatives will communicate to each other the measures taken by their governments concerning fishing in the Rhine basin and they will meet from time to time to discuss the measures to be taken in the interests of fishing in this area. Basin

The Contracting Governments undertake to introduce, as far as possible, in their laws and regulations on fishing the provisions contained in Art. 1 to 11. ¹

This Convention does not deprive the various Contracting States of the right to enact stricter provisions for their territories in the interests of fishing. ²

This convention is valid for Lake Constance and for the Rhine since its exit from Lake Constance downstream.

The provisions of the Convention relating to migratory fish (salmon and shad) are also applicable to tributaries of the Rhine.

This Convention shall enter into force immediately after its ratification and shall have force of law for ten years. After ten years from the date of the exchange of ratifications, each of the three Contracting Parties will be free to withdraw at any time, one year after the date on which the denunciation is made.

This Convention shall be ratified and the exchange of declarations of ratification shall take place as soon as possible.

In witness whereof, The Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention in triplicate.

Done at Lucerne, eighteen (18) May mil eight hundred eighty-seven (1887).

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