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that the regulations were efficient, that you were really 
doing something for the fishery, and not burdening the 
fishermen with useless and vexatious regulations, it would 
be better to leave the question of protecting sea fisheries 
alone. 
Mr. BRADY (Inspector of Irish Fisheries) said he might 
say a word on the question of the protection of Salmon 
fisheries, as compared with the protection of sea fisheries. 
He belonged to the sister country, and they had had a 
great deal of experience with regard to the protection of 
both sea fisheries and Salmon fisheries. There were very 
valuable fisheries in Ireland, and a series of Acts of Parlia- 
ment had been passed for their protection, though pre- 
viously to 1848 there was no machinery for putting them 
in force. The Act of 1848, however, gave the machinery, 
and imposed licence duties on all engines used for the 
capture of Salmon; the amount of revenue thus derived 
being over £10,000 per annum, and the effect had been 
that within his own official experience the Salmon fisheries 
had increased from about £2,000 a year to nearly £6,000. 
With regard to sea fisheries, although he was as great an 
advocate as Mr. Wilmot could be for the protection of any 
industry where it was required, he quite agreed with Pro- 
fessor Huxley that if there was any doubt whatever about 
the effectiveness of legislation, he should not hamper 
fishermen by restrictions which might be perfectly useless. 
The Act of 1842 gave power to the Commissioners in 
Ireland to impose restrictions on sea fisheries as well as 
Salmon fisheries, and certain restrictions were placed in 
certain bays on certain modes of fishing, particularly 
trawling. In one bay the restrictions were introduced in 
1843, and were continued till 1862. At that time a change 
in the Government took place, new ideas came in, and an 
