164 APPENDIX TO REPORT ON OYSTER CULTURE 



Galway Bay.— (18th March, 1868.) 



First — All persons engaged in fishing for or taking Oysters in Galway 

 Bay shall, on the Fishing Ground, 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, and all such gravel and 

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

 fishing ; 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, 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 such offence, 

 forfeit and pay a sum of Two Pounds. 



Third — No person shall, between Sunset and Sunrise, dredge for, take, 

 or catch any Oysters within said Bay, or any of the Estuaries of the 

 Rivers flowing into the same ; and every person acting contrary hereto 

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



Fourth — That between Nine o'clock in the evening of any day and 

 Six o'clock in the morning of the following day, no boat shall have on 

 board any dredge or other implement for the taking of Oysters ; and if, 

 between the hours 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. 



Achill Sound, Clew Bay, and Blacksod Bay — 



(15th December, 1860.) 



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

 October in any year, being the Close Season for Oysters in said Clew 

 Bay, Achill Sound, and Blacksod Bay, no boat, in the said Clew Bay, 

 Achill Sound, and Blacksod Bay, shall have on board any dredge or other 

 implement for the taking of Oysters ; and if between the periods afore- 

 said 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 

 Clew Bay, Achill Sound, and Blacksod Bay, 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, bed, or shore of 

 said Clew Bay, Achill Sound, and Blacksod Bay, 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 said Clew Bay, Achill 

 Sound, and Blacksod Bay, 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 

 rounds. 



