[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 5-22-45.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Under authority granted by Chapter 535, Laws of 1930, and Article 9,
Section 130 of the Town Law, to promote the general welfare of the community,
the protection and preservation of the property of the Town of Islip and of
its inhabitants, the benefit of trade and all other matters relative thereto,
no person shall at any time engage in eel dredging or trawling by the use
of nets accompanied by cutting boards and/or chain over that land under water
owned by the Town of Islip.
A violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punishable
by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.) for any such offense,
and in addition to such penalty, the person violating the same shall be deemed
a disorderly person and such violation shall constitute disorderly conduct.
The provisions of an ordinance known as "Trawling Ordinance" and which
became effective October 1, 1940 are hereby repealed as of June 1, 1945.
This ordinance shall become effective on June 1, 1945.
