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S.I. No. 259/1969 -- Sea Fisheries (Rational Exploitation of Fisheries) Order, 1969.

S.I. No. 259/1969 -- Sea Fisheries (Rational Exploitation of Fisheries) Order, 1969. 1969 259

S.I. No. 259/1969:

SEA FISHERIES (RATIONAL EXPLOITATION OF FISHERIES) ORDER, 1969.

SEA FISHERIES (RATIONAL EXPLOITATION OF FISHERIES) ORDER, 1969.

I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 35 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1962 (No. 31 of 1962), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 83 of 1965 ), as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1965 ), do hereby, having regard to an international agreement to which the State is a party and being satisfied that it is necessary so to do, order as follows :

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Rational Exploitation of Fisheries) Order, 1969.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 17th day of December, 1969.

2. With respect to landings of sea-fish which are effected during the period beginning on the commencement of this Order and ending on the 31st day of December, 1973, ten per cent. by weight of each total landing or part thereof which is not intended for human consumption may consist of sea-fish which are, for the purposes of Chapter III of Part XIII of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), undersized, and whiting of twenty centimetres or more in length shall not be treated as undersized for this purpose.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of December, 1969.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order permits that until 31st December, 1973, ten per cent. by weight of each total landing or part thereof of sea-fish which is not intended for human consumption may consist of undersized sea-fish and that whiting of 20 cm. in length or over shall not be treated as undersized fish for this purpose.



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