S.I. No. 59/1997 - Haddock (Restriction on Fishing) Order, 1997.

1. This Order may be cited as the Haddock (Restriction on Fishing) Order, 1997.

2. In this order the specified area means the part of the sea described in the Annex to the Communication and therein referred to as ICES sub area VII (including VIIa) (EC Zone);

3. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1997 and shall cease to have effect on the 31st March 1997.

4. The effect of this Order is to remove all restrictions in the fishery for the period referred to in paragraph 3 above.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of January, 1997.

SEÁN BARRETT,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to permit the fishing for, transhipment or having on board of haddock by Irish sea-fishing boats, duly licensed, in ICES sub-area VII (including VIIa) with effect from 1st February, 1997 until the 31st March 1997, both dates inclusive.

S.I. No. 59 of 1997.

HADDOCK (RESTRICTION ON FISHING) ORDER, 1997.

I, SEÁN BARRETT, 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