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S.I. No. 330/1978 - Sea Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation) (No. 7) Order, 1978.

S.I. No. 330 of 1978.

SEA FISHERIES (CONSERVATION AND RATIONAL EXPLOITATION) (NO. 7) 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. 7) Order, 1978.

2. In this Order—

"Irish sea-fishing boat" has the meaning assigned to it by section 219 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959);

"the specified area" means—

( a ) that part of the Irish Sea which is north of the parallel of 52° 30' north latitude and south of the parallel of 55° north latitude, and

( b ) that part of the exclusive fishery limits of the State that lies inside a line every part of which is six nautical miles seaward of the baseline that lies west of the meridian of 9° west longitude and south of the parallel of 52° 30' north latitude;

"the specified period" means the period commencing on the commencement of this Order and ending on the 31st day of December, 1978.

3. During the specified period fishing for herring in the specified area by a person on an Irish sea-fishing boat is prohibited.

4. (1) During the specified period a person shall not have herring on board an Irish sea-fishing boat within the specified area unless the fishing for the herring did not contravene Article 3 of this Order.

(2) It shall be for the person charged with an offence under paragraph (1) of this Article to show, if it be the case, that the fishing for the herring to which the charge relates did not contravene Article 3 of this Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of November, 1978.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Fisheries andForestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order imposes a ban on herring fishing by Irish sea-fishing vessels or having herring on board an Irish sea-fishing vessel in the Irish Sea and off the south-west coast in the specified area up to and including 31 December, 1978.