28/04/1943: Fishery By-Law No. 451. Lough Ennell.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (FISHERIES BRANCH). _____________________________

BY-LAW No. 451. LOUGH ENNELL.

Netting.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers now exercisable by me under the Fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1939, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby make the following By-Law, that is to say :—

1. This By-Law may be cited as the Lough Ennell Netting By-Law No. 451, 1943.

2. This By-Law shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1943.

3. In this By-Law the expression "the appointed period" means the period commencing on the 17th day of March, in any year and ending on the 31st day of August in that year.

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

5. Lough Ennell By-Law No. 412, 1931 IS HEREBY REVOKED.

6. IT IS PROHIBITED to use any net for the purpose of taking or with intent to take fish in Lough Ennell, in the County of Westmeath, save only between sunrise and sunset during the appointed period.

7. IT IS PROHIBITED to have on board any boat in the said Lough Ennell or to put, leave or have in possession in or on the banks of the said Lough Ennell any net capable of being used for fishing.

8. This By-Law SHALL NOT APPLY—

(a) during the appointed period to nets, for the capture of fish other than salmon or trout, with meshes of not less than three-quarters of an inch from knot to knot or three inches in the round, measured in the clear when the net is wet, or

(b) to drum nets for the capture of fish other than salmon or trout, or

(c) to landing nets used as auxiliary to lawful angling with single rod and line.

9. Each and every person offending against this By-Law shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding Five Pounds and any net used contrary to this By-Law shall be forfeited.

Given under my Official Seal this 28th day of April, 1943.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.

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