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

 take, or catch, any Oysters within said Clew Bay, Achill Sound, and 

 Blacksod Bay ; and every person acting contrary hereto shall, for each 

 offence, forfeit and pay a sum of Five Pounds. 



Clew Bay, County Mayo. — (\st April, 1865.) 

 That for the sole purpose of replenishing and supplying licensed 

 Oyster Beds and other Oyster Beds, the exclusive property of any 

 person or persons within Clew Bay alone, in the County of Mayo, and 

 for no other purpose whatever, it may be lawful for any person to dredge 

 for and take Oysters from any natural Public Bed in the said Clew Bay 

 lying below the level of the lowest water of Spring Tides, between the 

 1st and 15th April, and the 20th June and 1st October in each year, 

 such periods being respectively included within the Close Time at 

 present fixed for the Oyster Fisheries within the said Clew Bay : Pro- 

 vided always, that if any Oysters dredged or taken during such part of 

 the Close Season shall be brought to shore, or sold or offered for sale, or 

 be found in the possession of any person on land, or be used for any other 

 purpose than the replenishing or supplying any such artificial or other 

 Bed as aforesaid, every person so offending shall forfeit all such Oysters, 

 and be subject and liable to the same penalties and forfeitures as by said 

 first-recited Act (5 & 6 Vic.) prescribed in cases of offences against the 

 provisions of the said first-recited Act for the observance of the Close 

 Season in respect of Oysters. 



Carlingford Lough. — {11th April, 1860.) 



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

 in any year, it shall not be lawful for any person to dredge for, take, 

 catch, or destroy any Oysters or Oyster Brood within the said Lough of 

 Carlingford, or off or from any of the shores or rocks of said Lough, and 

 any person offending against this By-Law shall, for each such offence, 

 forfeit and pay a sum of Five Pounds. 



Second — That between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of 

 November in any year, no boat, in the said Lough of Carlingford, 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. 



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

 Lough of Carlingford, 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 

 Lough of Carlingford, 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, Pule, or Regulation shall, for each 

 offence, forfeit and a pay sum of Two Pounds. 



Fourth — All persons are hereby prohibited from throwing into the 

 Sea, on any Oyster Bed, or Oyster Fishing Ground in the said Lough of 

 Carlingford, the ballast of any boat, or any other matter or thing inju- 

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

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

 Pounds. 



