16/05/1933: FISHERY

BY-LAW No. 415 No. 17¹ or DROGHEDA DISTRICT

BY-LAW No. 415 No. 17¹ or DROGHEDA DISTRICT

DRAFT NETS—SALMON AND TROUT

I, JOSEPH CONNOLLY, Minister for Lands and Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me by the Fisheries Act, 1925 , and of every other power enabling me in this behalf, DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THE FOLLOWING BY-LAW :—

(1) It is hereby prohibited to use any draft net of greater length than eighty-five yards for the capture of salmon or trout in the tidal waters of the 17¹ or Drogheda District to the Northward of Ben Head in the County of Meath.

(2) Each and every person offending against this By-law shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding five pounds, and every net used contrary thereto shall be forfeited.

(3) The Interpretation Act, 1923 , applies to the interpretation of this By-law in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

(4) This By-law may be cited for all purposes as the Drogheda District By-law No. 415, 1933.

(5) Clause (1) of the Drogheda District By-law No. 413, 1931, by which it was prohibited to use for the capture of salmon or trout in the aforesaid area any draft net of greater length than seventy-five yards, is hereby revoked.

Given under my Seal of Office, this 16th day of May, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Three.

(Signed) JOSEPH CONNOLLY,

Minister for Lands and Fisheries.