No. 354/1945:

STATISTICS (SALMON, SEA TROUT AND EELS) (No. 2) ORDER, 1945.

STATISTICS (SALMON, SEA TROUT AND EELS) (No. 2) ORDER, 1945.

WHEREAS by the joint operation of the Statistics (Sea and Inland Fisheries) Transfer Order, 1927 ( S. R. & O. No. 25 of 1927 ), subsection (1) of section 3 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928 (No. 6 of 1928), and the Fisheries (Re-distribution of Public Services) Order, 1934 ( S. R. & O. No. 40 of 1934 ), the powers conferred on the Minister for Industry and Commerce by the Statistics Act, 1926 (No. 12 of 1926), in relation to the Statistics in respect of which this Order is made have been transferred to the Minister for Agriculture :

NOW, I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 16 of the Statistics Act, 1926 (No. 12 of 1926), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Salmon, Sea Trout and Eels) (No. 2) Order, 1945.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. Statistics shall be collected as to the number, weight, value and means of capture of salmon, sea trout and eels captured in the State in the year 1946 and in each subsequent year.

4. The persons by whom returns are to be made and information is to be given for the purpose of the statistics prescribed by this Order shall be—

(a) all persons licensed to capture salmon, sea trout or eels ;

(b) if the Minister for Agriculture so requires, the owners, lessees and occupiers of fisheries in which salmon, sea trout or eels are captured.

5. The form to be used in the collection of the statistics prescribed by this Order shall be the form set out in the Schedule to this Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of December, 1945.

(Signed) SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.

Form No. 1.

ÉIRE

SCHEDULE

STATISTICS ACT, 1926 .

RETURN SHOWING ALL SALMON, SEA TROUT AND EELS CAUGHT DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1946 AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR.

As required by the Statistics (Salmon, Sea Trout and Eels) (No. 2) Order, 1945, to be made by all Holders of Fishing Licences and (if so required) by all Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of Fisheries.

NOTES.

A. In columns 3, 4 and 5 the actual market value at the time the fish were caught should be given or, if this is not possible, the average market value of the fish during the part of the season in which the fish were caught should be given. A note may be added giving the calculated cost, per pound weight of fish, of carriage to market.

B. Holders of Rod Licences should complete columns 1 to 4 inclusive. Their returns will be of much additional interest and value if the catch in each river and lake fished during the year is shown separately.

C. Holders of Net Licences should give in Column 6 an accurate description of the net used, stating the length, depth and size of mesh (stretched knot to knot) of the different parts of the net and, in the case of a draft net, the length of the hauling ropes used. The number of men required to work the net should be added and if possible the cost price of the net and ropes.

D. Holders of Licences for engines other than rods or nets should give in Column 6 a precise description of the engine used.

E. If possible, returns should be made on a separate form for each engine used. In cases where this is not possible the catches of several engines may be included in one form, but only engines of the same kind should be grouped together. If a form be mislaid, a duplicate may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Branch, 3 Kildare Place, Dublin.

F. Owners, lessees or occupiers of fisheries required to make the return should fill up the form to the best of their ability.

G. The form should be completed and forwarded to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Branch, 3 Kildare Place, Dublin, in the case of salmon and sea trout immediately on the close of the fishing season in each year and in the case of eels on the 31st December in each year.

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