24/08/1934: FISHERY

BY-LAW No. 423 OYSTER FISHERIES

BY-LAW No. 423 OYSTER FISHERIES

INISHLYRE HARBOUR AND ADJACENT WATERS

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me by the Fisheries Act, 1925 , the Fisheries (Re-distribution of Public Services) Order, 1934, and of every other power enabling me in this behalf DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THE FOLLOWING BY-LAW :—

(1) It shall not be lawful during the period from the 1st day of April, 1934, to the 31st day of March, 1937, both said days inclusive, to dredge for, take, catch, or destroy any Oyster or Oyster Brood in that part of Clew Bay enclosed by the Mainland, the islands of Illantaggert, Crovinish, Inishlyre and Collanmore, and straight lines drawn from the old Coastguard Station at Rosmoney to the eastern extremity of Illantaggert ; from the western extremity of Illantaggert to the eastern extremity of Crovinish ; from the western extremity of Crovinish to the eastern extremity of Inishlyre ; from the north-eastern extremity of Inishlyre to the south-western extremity of Collanmore ; and from the north-eastern extremity of Collanmore to Roscahill Point.

(2) Each and every person offending against this By-law shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding Five Pounds, and any Oysters or Oyster Brood taken in contravention thereof shall be forfeited.

(3) 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.

(4) This By-law may be cited for all purposes as the Inishlyre Harbour Oysters By-law No. 423, 1934.

Given under my Seal of Office this Twenty-fourth day of August, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-four.

(Signed), SÉAMAS Ó RÍAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.