6Fishery Board may require statistics of sea fisheries.
The Fishery Board shall have power to require all fishermen and other persons belonging to British sea-fishing boats, and all fish curers catching or curing any kind of sea fish in Scotland, or in any part of the sea adjoining Scotland, to make returns, in such form and at such periods as may be prescribed by the Fishery Board with the sanction of the Secretary for Scotland, of all sea fish which are caught or cured by them respectively.
The Secretary for Scotland, before sanctioning the form or period prescribed for any such return, shall communicate with the Board of Trade, and copies of all such returns shall be immediately furnished by the Fishery Board to the Board of Trade.
Any person failing to make a full and correct return under this section shall be guilty of an offence against the Sea Fisheries Act, 1883, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.