S.I. No. 31/1987:

AQUACULTURE (KENMARE RIVER) ORDER, 1987.

AQUACULTURE (KENMARE RIVER) ORDER, 1987.

I, PADDY O'TOOLE, Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 54 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1980), as amended by section 5 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983), and by the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Fisheries and Forestry (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1986 ( S.I. No. 40 of 1986 )), having complied with the requirements of subsection (3) of the said section 54, and having considered a report made to me under subsection (4) of the said section 54, and being of the opinion that, notwithstanding the existence of any public right to fish in the waters to which the following order relates, it is in the public interest that the order be made, hereby with the consent of the Minister for Communications, order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Aquaculture (Kenmare River) Order, 1987.

2. The area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby designated to be an area within which it shall be lawful to engage in aquaculture pursuant to and in accordance with a licence granted under section 54 of the Fisheries Act, 1980 (No. 1 of 1980).

SCHEDULE

All that area of Kenmare River which is bordered by the high water mark and which lies east of a line drawn in a northerly direction from the most northerly point of the high water mark of the townland of Kilcatherine, county of Cork, and terminating at the most southerly point of the high water mark of the townland of Gleesk in the county of Kerry.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of January, 1987.

P. O'TOOLE,

Minister for Tourism,

Fisheries and Forestry.

The Minister for Communications consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Communications this

29th day of January, 1987.

MICHAEL GRANT.

A person authorised under Section 15 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to authenticate the Seal of the said Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order designates an area of sea known as Kenmare River as being an area within which it shall be lawful to engage in aquaculture pursuant to a licence issued by the Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry.