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S.I. No. 345/1987 - Aquaculture (Smerwick Harbour) Order, 1987.

S.I. No. 345 of 1987.

AQUACULTURE (SMERWICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1987.

I, BRENDAN DALY, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 54 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1980) (as adapted by the Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 82 of 1987 )) and by the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1987 ), having complied with the requirements of subsection (3) of the said section 54, and having considered a report made to me under sub section (4) of the said section 54, and being of the opinion that, notwithstanding the existence of any public right to fish in the waters to which the following order relates, it is in the public interest that the order be made, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Aquaculture (Smerwick Harbour) Order, 1987.

2. The area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby designated to be an area within which it shall be lawful to engage in aquaculture pursuant to and in accordance with a licence granted under section 54 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1980).

SCHEDULE

All that area of Smerwick Harbour and adjoining waters which is bordered by the high water mark and which is enclosed by a line drawn due east from the most easterly point of the townland of Smerwick, barony of Corkaguiny, County of Kerry for a distance of 100 metres and thence continuing due south for a distance of 1,500 metres and thence continuing due east for a distance of 350 metres and thence continuing due south for a distance of 350 metres and thence continuing due west to where such line meets the high water mark of the townland of Smerwick, barony of Corkaguiny, county of Kerry.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 23rd day of December, 1987.

BRENDAN DALY,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order designates part of the area of sea known as Smerwick Harbour as being an area within which it shall be lawful to engage in aquaculture pursuant to a licence issued by the Minister for the Marine.