Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978

Amendment of definition of “net”.

17.—Section 219 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in the definition of “net” of “in the sea, whether on or near the bottom thereof or otherwise” for “on or near the bottom of the sea” and the said definition, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

the word “net” means any trawl, seine or other net towed or hauled or intended to be towed or hauled, in the sea, whether on or near the bottom thereof or otherwise;