01/01/1931: Fishery By-Law No. 406 No. 7² Or Waterville District

LOUGH CURRANE

I, FIONÁN O LOÍNGSIGH, 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 prohibited to use any net for the purpose of catching or with intent to catch fish in any part of Lough Currane or in any river or stream flowing into the said Lough or in the lakes or tributaries of any such river or stream.

(2) It is prohibited to put, leave, or have in possession in or on the banks of the said waters any net, mounted and capable of being used for fishing of which the use would not be lawful under this By-law.

(3) This By-law shall not apply to the use of a landing net as auxiliary to lawful fishing with rod and line, nor 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.

(4) 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.

(5) The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this By-law in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

(6) This By-law may be cited for all purposes as the Lough Currane By-law, No. 406, 1931.

Given under my Seal of Office this First day of January, One Thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.

(Signed) FIONÁN O LOÍNGSIGH,

Minister for Lands and Fisheries.

NOTE.—Under the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1925 , this By-law will come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the above date.