S.I. No. 331/1994 - Common Sole (Control of Fishing in The Irish Sea) (No. 2) Order, 1994.

1. evidence that such sea-fishing boat had on board any books, papers or other documents from which it appears to the court that on the day on which the offence is alleged to have been committed common sole were landed or transhipped contrary to the said Article 4 or 5;

2. any admission by any person who is for the time being the master or other person in charge, or another member of the crew, of such sea-fishing boat that at such time she was so used,

3. any other matter from which it so appears that such sea-fishing boat was so used or which in the opinion of the court suggest, that such sea-fishing boat was so used.

4. (1) From the 10th day of November, 1994, an Irish sea-fishing boat fishing in the specified area by means of beam trawls or a person on board such boat may only land or tranship common sole from such boat, whether within the specified area or elsewhere, if the common sole so landed or transhipped did not exceed 40 per cent by weight of the total catch of all species of fish subject to quotas landed or transhipped on any occasion.

(2) An Irish sea-fishing boat fishing in the specified area by means other than beam trawls or a person on board such boat may only land or tranship common sole from such boat, whether within the specified area or elsewhere if the common sole so landed or transhipped did not exceed 10 per cent by weight of the total catch of all species of fish subject to quotas landed or transhipped on any occasion.

(3) 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 1994, or, as the case may be, each subsequent year thereafter.

5. An Irish sea-fishing boat fishing in the specified area by means of beam trawls or a person on board such boat shall not land common sole except at the ports of Howth, Dunmore East, Kilmore Quay and Rosslare when landing within the State.

6. The master or other person in charge of an Irish sea-fishing boat fishing by means of beam trawls in the specified area shall, before each landing or transhipment of common sole from the boat, inform a Sea Fisheries Protection Officer of the time and location of the landing or transhipment whether inside or outside the State and the quantity of common sole concerned.

7. In a prosecution for an offence under Article 4 or 5 of this Order the following shall be

prima facie

evidence that the sea-fishing boat concerned was, at the time of the alleged offence, used for the transhipment or landing of common sole in contravention of the said Article 4 or 5;

8. The Common Sole (Control of Fishing in the Irish Sea) Order, 1993 (

S.I. No. 158 of 1994

) is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 9th day of November, 1994.

DAVID ANDREWS,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides a management regime for the Irish Sea common sole fishery with effect from the 10th November, 1994.

Landings or transhipments of common sole caught in the Irish Sea by Irish sea-fishing boats fishing by means of beam trawls may comprise no more than 40 per cent by weight of the total catch of quota species on board at the time of landing or transhipment.

S.I. No. 331 of 1994.

COMMON SOLE (CONTROL OF FISHING IN THE IRISH SEA) (No. 2) ORDER, 1994.

I, DAVID ANDREWS, 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