27/07/1937: Whale Fisheries Act, 1937. Fisheries Acts, 1842 To 1935. By-Law No. W.F. 1.
WHALE FISHERIES ACT, 1937. FISHERIES ACTS, 1842 TO 1935. BY-LAW No. W.F. 1. | ||
WHALING : CLOSED AREAS AND CLOSE SEASON. | ||
I, Séamas Ó Riain, Minister for Agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me by the Whale Fisheries Act, 1937 (No. 4 of 1937), and of every other power enabling me in this behalf, do make and ordain the following By-Law :— | ||
(1). It is prohibited to kill any baleen whale, during any period of the year | ||
(a) in the Atlantic Ocean north of 40° South Latitude and in the Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and Greenland Sea ; | ||
(b) in the Pacific Ocean cast of 150° West Longitude, between 40° South Latitude and 35° North Latitude ; | ||
(c) in the Pacific Ocean west of 150° West Longitude, between 40° South Latitude and 20° North Latitude ; | ||
(d) in the Indian Ocean north of 40° South Latitude. | ||
(2). It is prohibited to kill any baleen whale in any waters south of 40° South Latitude except during the period from the 8th day of December to the 7th day of March following, both days inclusive, provided that in the whaling season 1937-38 the period shall extend to the 15th day of March, 1938, inclusive. | ||
(3). It is prohibited to kill any grey whale in any part of the sea outside the exclusive fishery limits of Saorstát Éireann, during any period of the year. | ||
(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. In this By-Law " baleen whale " means any whale other than a toothed whale ; " grey whale " means any whale known by the name of grey whale, California grey, devil fish, hard head, mussel digger, grey back or rip sack. | ||
(5). This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the Whale Fisheries By-Law No. W.F. 1, 1937. | ||
(6). Clause 1 of this By-Law shall come into force on the 1st December, 1937, and the remaining provisions shall come into force on the first day of August, 1937. | ||
Given under my Seal of Office, this 27th day of July, 1937. | ||
(Sd.) SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, | ||
Minister for Agriculture. | ||
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