S.I. No. 23/1991:

CELTIC SEA (PROHIBITION ON HERRING FISHING) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1991.

CELTIC SEA (PROHIBITION ON HERRING FISHING) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1991.

I, JOHN WILSON, 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), and amended by section 4 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 27 of 1983)) of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959 (No. 14 of 1959), 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. The Celtic Sea (Prohibition on Herring Fishing) Order, 1990 is hereby amended by the inclusion of the following Article:

7. (i) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, an Irish sea-fishing boat may have herring on board and land or tranship herring in the specified areas if the herring does not exceed 5 per cent by weight of the total catch of all species of fish subject to quotas on board, landed, or, as the case may be, transhipped on any occasion.

(ii) In this Article "quotas" means the State's share of the total allowable catch (TAC) fixed by the Council of the European Communities relating to certain species of fish in respect of the year 1991, or, as the case may be, each subsequent year thereafter.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of February, 1991.

JOHN P. WILSON,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this order is to amend the Celtic Sea (Prohibition on Herring Fising) Order 1991 to permit the retention on board, landing or transhipment of a by-catch of herring provided such herring comprises no more than 5 per cent by weight of the total catch of all species of fish subject to quotas on board.