S.I. No. 280/1978 - Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) (No. 6) Order, 1978.

S.I. No. 280 of 1978.

SEA FISHERIES (CONSERVATION AND RATIONAL EXPLOITATION) (NO. 6) ORDER, 1978.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 18 of 1978)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (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 Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 195 of 1978 )), hereby order as follows: —

1. This Order may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) (No. 6) Order, 1978.

2. The Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) (No. 3) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 187 of 1978 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of "31st day of December, 1978" for 30th day of September, 1978 " in Articles 3 and 4.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 29th day of September, 1978.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order extends the ban on direct herring fishing off the North-West coast as imposed by the Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) (No. 3) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 187 of 1978 ) up to an including 31st December, 1978 including a ban on having herring on board a sea-fishing boat within the defined area.