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or Oyster Bed any Oyster of less dimensions than three inches, at the 

 greatest diameter thereof, and shall immediately throw back into the 

 Sea all Oysters of less dimensions than aforesaid, as well as all gravel 

 and fragments of shells as shall be raised or taken while engaged in 

 such fishing ; and no person shall take from any Oyster Bed, Rock, 

 Strand, or Shore, off said Wexford Coast, south of Raven Point, any 

 Oyster of less dimensions than three inches, at the greatest diameter 

 thereof ; and any person offending in any respect against this By-Law, 

 Rule, or Regulation shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay a sum of 

 Two Pounds. 



Second — All persons are hereby prohibited from throwing into the 

 Sea, on any Oyster Bed, or Oyster Fishing Ground off the said Wexford 

 Coast, the ballast of any boat, or any other matter or thing injurious 

 or detrimental to the Oyster Fishery ; and all persons acting contrary 

 hereto shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay a sum of Two Pounds. 



Cork Harbour. — (28th October, 1853.) 



First — That between the 1st May and the 1st September, no boat 

 shall have on board any dredge or other implement for taking Oysters. 

 Penalty, Two Pounds. 



Second — Every fisherman shall, on the fishing ground, cull all Oysters, 

 and shall not remove any Oyster of less dimensions than two and a-half 

 inches at the greatest diameter thereof; and shall throw back into the 

 Sea all gravel and fragments of shells as he shall raise while engaged in 

 such fishing. Penalty, Two Pounds. 



Third — All persons are prohibited from throwing into the Sea, on 

 any Oyster Bed or Oyster Fishing Ground, the ballast of any boat, or 

 any other matter or thing injurious to the Oyster Fishery. Penalty, 

 Two Pounds. 



Fourth — No person shall, between Sunset and Sunrise, dredge for, 

 take, or catch any Oysters within the Harbour of Cork. Penalty, Five 

 Pounds. 



Tralee Bay. — (28th September, 1860.) 



First — That between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of November 

 in any year, being the Close Season for Oysters in the said Bay of Tralee, 

 no boat, in the said Bay of Tralee, shall have on board any dredge or 

 other implement for the taking of Oysters ; and if, between the periods 

 aforesaid, there shall be on board any boat any such dredge or other 

 implement for the taking of Oysters, the master or owner of such boat 

 shall, for each such offence, forfeit and pay a sum of Five Pounds. 



Second — All persons engaged in fishing for or taking Oysters in said 

 Bay of Tralee, shall cull all such Oysters as may be taken or caught ; 

 and shall not remove from any fishing ground or Oyster Bed any Oyster 

 of less dimensions than two inches and one-half, at the greatest diameter 

 thereof, and shall immediately throw back into the Sea all Oysters of 

 less dimensions than aforesaid, as well as all gravel and fragments of 

 shells as shall be raised or taken while engaged in such fishing ; and no 

 person shall take from any rock, strand, or shore of said Bay of Tralee, 

 any Oyster of less dimensions than two inches and one-half, at the 

 greatest diameter thereof; and any person offending in any respect 

 against this By-Law, Rule, or Regulation shall, for each offence, forfeit 

 and pay a sum of Two Pounds. 



Third — All persons are hereby prohibited from throwing into the Sea, 

 on any Oyster Bed, or Oyster Fishing Ground in the said Bay of Tralee, 

 the ballast of any boat, or any other matter or thing injurious or detri- 

 mental to the Oyster Fishery ; and all persons acting contrary hereto 

 shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay a sum of Two Pounds. 



