S.I. No. 39/1977 - Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) (No. 2) Order, 1977.

S.I. No. 39 of 1977.

SEA FISHERIES (CONSERVATION AND RATIONAL EXPLOITATION) (No. 2) ORDER, 1977.

I, PATRICK S. DONEGAN, Minister for Fisheries, being satisfied, having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, signed at Rome on the 25th day of March, 1957, and the Treaty relating to the accession of Ireland to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on the 22nd day of January, 1972, that it is necessary to do so, hereby, in exercise of the Powers conferred on me by section 35 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1962 (No. 31 of 1962), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Lands (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 29 of 1977 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) (No. 2) Order, 1977.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1977.

2. The Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 38 of 1977 ), shall not apply to a sea-fishing boat not exceeding 33 metres in registered length or having a main engine or engines not exceeding a total of 1,100 brake horse power.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of February, 1977.

PATRICK S. DONEGAN,

Minister for Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order makes an exemption from the prohibition on fishing in the area designated in the Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 38 of 1977 ) in the case of fishing vessels of a specified size or having a specified engine power.