20/01/1947: FISHERY

BY-LAW No. 458. No. 13 OR BALLYSHANNON DISTRICT.

BY-LAW No. 458. No. 13 OR BALLYSHANNON DISTRICT.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers now exercisable by me under the Fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1944, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby make the following By-Law, that is to say :—

1. This By-Law may be cited as the Ballyshannon District Netting By-Law No. 458 of 1947.

2. This By-Law shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1947.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this By-Law.

4. The Ballyshannon District Netting By-Law No. 422 of 1934 is hereby revoked.

5. IT IS PROHIBITED to use any net for the purpose of taking or with intent to take fish, save landing nets used solely as auxiliary to lawful fishing with rod and line, in those portions of the tidal waters of the River Erne and Abbey River which are situated within the town boundary of Ballyshannon.

6. In the tidal waters of the River Erne other than the portion mentioned in the preceding paragraph :—

(a) No drift net may be used for the purpose of taking or with intent to take fish ;

(b) No draft net of greater length than eighty-five yards may be used for the purpose of taking or with intent to take salmon or trout ;

(c) Draft nets may not be used at a less distance from one another than one hundred yards ;

(d) Nets may not be shot simultaneously from points on both banks which are opposite to one another, so as to be in the water at the same time, but a net shot from one bank shall be beached before another net is shot from an opposite point on the other bank.

7. This By-Law shall not apply to any person catching or attempting to catch fish for the purpose of artificial propagation or for scientific purposes in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries Acts.

8. 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 or found contrary to this By-Law shall be forfeited.

Given under my Official Seal this 20th day of January, 1947.

(Signed) SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.