S.I. No. 30/1997:

SALMON (RESTRICTION OF FISHING AT SEA) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1997

SALMON (RESTRICTION OF FISHING AT SEA) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1997

I, SEÁN BARRETT, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 223A (inserted by section 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 18 of 1978), as amended by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 27 of 1983)), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 82 of 1987 )), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Salmon (Restriction of Fishing at Sea) (Amendment) Order, 1997.

(2) The Salmon (Restriction of Fishing at Sea) Order, 1984 ( S.I. No. 117 of 1984 ) and this Order may be cited together as the Salmon (Restriction of Fishing at Sea) Orders, 1984 and 1997.

2. The Salmon (Restriction of Fishing at Sea) Order, 1984 is hereby amended by the substitution for Article 2 of the following Article--

"2. Fishing for salmon is hereby prohibited in that part of the exclusive fishery limits of the State that lies outside the line every point of which is at a distance of 6 nautical miles seaward from the nearest point of the baseline.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of January, 1997.

SEÁN BARRETT,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order reduces the sea area, in which salmon fishing is permitted, from twelve to six nautical miles from the baselines.