SI No 468 of 2003

Mackerel (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No 2) Order, 2003.

I, Dermot Ahern, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by section 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978 ( section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 ( No. 27 of 1983 )) of 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 Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 2002 ( S.I. No 307 of 2002 )), hereby order as follows:

1.           This Order may be cited as the Mackerel (Fisheries Management and Conservation) (No 2) Order, 2003.

2.           This Order shall come into operation at midnight on the 4^th day of October, 2003.

3.           The Mackerel (Fisheries Management and Conservation) Order, 2003 ( S.I. No.184 of 2003 ) is hereby revoked.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The effect of this Order is to permit the fishing for, transhipment, landing or having on board mackerel by Irish sea-fishing boats, duly licensed, of length greater than or equal to 55 feet in ICES sub-areas and divisions IIa, IVa, Vb, VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII and XIV with effect from midnight on the 4^th day of October, 2003.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin.