S.I. No. 373/2005 - Bass Fishing Conservation Bye-Law No. 800 of 2005

1. This Bye-law may be cited as the Bass Fishing Conservation Bye-law No. 800 of 2005.

2. This Bye-law shall come into operation on 1 July 2005 and shall cease to have effect on 30 June 2006.

3. Subject to Article 4 of this Bye-law it is hereby prohibited to take and kill or have in possession more than 2 bass (other than imported bass) in any period of twenty-four hours and such bass which may be taken shall be carefully handled and returned to the water from which they were taken.

4. It is hereby prohibited to fish or attempt to fish for bass with any rod, line or weir during the period commencing on 15 May 2006 to 15 June 2006.

GIVEN under my Hand,

27 June 2005.

PAT THE COPE GALLAGHER,

Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The effect of this Bye-law is to impose a bag limit on anglers of two bass in any one period of 24 hours and to provide for a ban on angling for bass during the spawning season (15 May 2006 to 15 June 2006).

S.I. No. 373 of 2005

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BASS FISHING CONSERVATION BYE-LAW No. 800 OF 2005.

I, PAT THE COPE GALLAGHER, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 9 (as amended by

section 3

of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962

(No. 31 of 1962)) of the

Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959

(No. 14 of 1959),

section 3

3 of the

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962

, the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions Order 1977 (

S.I. No. 30 of 1977

) (as adapted by the Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 307 of 2002

)) and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2 Order 2004 (

S.I. No. 703 of 2004

)), hereby make the following Bye-law