28/12/1928: FISHERY

BY-LAW No. 391 No. 3 OR WATERFORD DISTRICT.

BY-LAW No. 391 No. 3 OR WATERFORD DISTRICT.

I, FIONAN O LOINGSIGH, 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 beat the water or throw stones or other missiles therein for the purpose of driving fish close in to the banks of any rivers in the No. 3 or Waterford District.

(2) It is prohibited to have any Net for the capture of Salmon or Trout in or on board any boat, cot, curragh or other vessel in the tidal waters of the No. 3 or Waterford District at any time between eight of the clock on Saturday morning, and four of the clock on Monday morning.

(3) Each and every boat used in Salmon and Trout fishing in the No. 3 or Waterford District, shall have marked on each bow with distinct figures of not less than six inches in length and one inch in breadth, a number corresponding with the number on the Licence issued for the Net used with said boat. The said numbers shall be painted in white oil colour on a black ground. The numbers so placed on boats shall not be effaced, covered or concealed in any manner whatsoever.

(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 Waterford District By-law, No. 391, 1928.

Given under my Seal of Office, this twenty-eighth day of December, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-eight.

(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.