S.I. No. 262/1971:

PURSE SEINE PROHIBITION ORDER, 1971

PURSE SEINE PROHIBITION ORDER, 1971

I, JOHN FAHEY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, being satisfied, having regard to the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention signed in London on the 24th day of January, 1959, that it is necessary to do so, hereby, 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 )) and the Fisheries (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 123 of 1970 ), order as follows:--

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Purse Seine Prohibition Order, 1971.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1971.

2. The use of purse seines for the capture of herrings in the Celtic Sea between the parallels of 5° and 9° west longitude and 49° and 52° 30' north latitude is hereby prohibited.

GIVEN under my hand this 15th day of September, 1971.

JOHN FAHEY,

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister

for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order prohibits the use of purse seines as from the 1st day of October, 1971, for the capture of herrings in certain parts of the Celtic Sea.