07/02/1928: FISHERY

BY-LAW No. 385. No. 17² or DUNDALK DISTRICT

BY-LAW No. 385. No. 17² or DUNDALK DISTRICT

DUNDALK BAY—DRIFT NETTING FOR SALMON

I, FIONÁN O LOÍNGSIGH, Minister for Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me by the Fisheries Act, 1925 , and of every other power enabling me in this behalf, do MAKE AND ORDAIN THE FOLLOWING BY-LAW :—

(1) It is prohibited to use any drift net for the capture of salmon or trout in the tidal waters of the No. 17² or Dundalk District between a line drawn East (true) from Ballaghan Point and a line drawn East (true) from Clogher Head.

(2) It is prohibited to have any drift net for the capture of salmon or trout on board any boat within the area defined above.

(3) Each and every person offending against this By-Law shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding five pounds ; and every net found contrary to this By-Law shall be forfeited.

(4) The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923) applies to the interpretation of this By-Law in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

(5) This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the Dundalk Bay Drift Netting (Salmon) By-Law, No. 385, 1928.

Given under my Seal of Office this 7th day of February, One Thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

(Sd.), FIONÁN O LOÍNGSIGH,

Minister for Fisheries.

NOTE:—Under the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1925 , this By-Law will come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the above date.