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.