25/09/1939: Fishery By-Law No. 438 Dundalk Bay.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. (FISHERIES BRANCH) FISHERIES ACTS, 1842 to 1939. ______________________________

BY-LAW No. 438 DUNDALK BAY.

NETTING

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me by the Fisheries Act, 1925 , the Fisheries (Redistribution of Public Services) Order, 1934, and of every other power enabling me in this behalf DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THE FOLLOWING BY-LAW :—

(1) It is prohibited to anchor, moor or make fast for the purpose of or for any purpose accessory to fishing with a net known as a Danish Seine, or any seine or draft net by whatsoever name known, hauled by steam or motor-power, any boat, buoy, pole or other contrivance in such manner that it shall be or come within or to the Westward of a straight line drawn across Dundalk Bay from the highest point of Slieve Foy or Carlingford Mountain on the North to the Eastern extremity of Dunany Point on the South during the period from the 1st day of December in any one year to the 30th day of September in the following year, both said days inclusive ;

(2) Each and every person offending against this By-Law shall forfeit and pay for each such offence a sum not exceeding Five Pounds, and all nets used contrary to this By-Law shall be forfeited ;

(3) This By-Law shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 1939 ;

(4) The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this By-Law ;

(5) Dundalk Bay By-Law No. 376, 1925, dated the 23rd day of December, 1925, is hereby repealed ;

(6) This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the Dundalk Bay (Netting) By-Law, No. 438, 1939.

Given under my Seal of Office this 25th day of September One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister of Agriculture.