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grants for building and repairing piers and harbours. A 

 new departure was made in 1899 by the 



Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ire- 

 land) Act, 1899, which created a new department with 

 largely increased powers and with a fairly ample vote for 

 the expenses of administration. Besides control of the 

 industry, piscicultural operations, technical instruction, 

 and scientific investigation became the duties of this 

 department. 



APPENDIX IV 



LOCAL REGULATIONS 



Regulations made by District Committees vary from 

 county to county. Those in force in the Lancashire and 

 Western Sea-Fisheries District (aU the English and Welsh 

 coast from Cumberland to Milford Haven) are abstracted 

 below : they will serve as an example of the general code 

 of local regulations.^ 



Abstract of Lancashire and Western Counties 

 Fisheries By-laws 



Trawling for sea -fishes (except shell -fish, 

 mackerel, herrings, sparling, or garfish). — The mesh of 

 the trawl-net must not be less than if inches from knot 

 to knot, except during part of the year in certain specified 

 inshore areas, where it is legal to use a mesh of i^ inches 

 from knot to knot. 



Dimensions of the trawl-nets to be used. — For 



an 1 8-feet beam, the circumference of the net must not be 

 less than 50 meshes ; for a beam over 18 and less than 

 25, the net must not have less than 60 meshes in its 



1 See Annual Reports of I?ispectors of Sea-Fisheries (England and Wales), for 

 the full text of all the English District Committees' by-laws. 



