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S.I. No. 55/1990 - Common Sole (Control of Fishing in The Irish Sea) (Amendment) Order, 1990.

S.I. No. 55 of 1990.

COMMON SOLE (CONTROL OF FISHING IN THE IRISH SEA) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1990.

I, JOHN P. WILSON, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by section 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 18 of 1978), and amended by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 27 of 1983)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (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 )), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Common Sole (Control of Fishing in the Irish Sea) (Amendment) Order, 1990.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 28th day of February, 1990.

3. The Common Sole (Control of Fishing in the Irish Sea) Order, 1990 ( S.I. No. 1 of 1990 ), is hereby amended by the insertion of the following Article after Article 7:

"8. The master or other person in charge of an Irish sea-fishing boat fishing by means of beam trawls in the specified area shall, before each landing or transhipment of common sole from the boat, inform a sea fisheries protection officer of the time and location of the landing or transhipment and the quantity of common sole concerned."

4. The Common Sole (Control of Fishing in the Irish Sea) Order, 1990 ( S.I. No. 1 of 1990 ), is hereby amended by the substitution in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of "1st day of April, 1990" for "1st day of March, 1990".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of February, 1990.

JOHN P. WILSON,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that Irish beam trawlers fishing for sole in the Irish Sea must notify a sea fisheries protection officer prior to each landing or transhipment of the time and location of such landing or transhipment and the quantity of common sole concerned. It also extends the period for fishing for beam trawlers from 1 March to 1 April 1990.