On behalf of the Minister for Fisheries, I ask leave to introduce a Bill to amend the Fisheries (Ireland) Acts, 1842 to 1909, and the Fisheries Act, 1924, to make provision for the control of dealers in salmon and trout, and to provide for other matters relating to the preservation of the fisheries of Saorstát Eireann.
The Bill consists of four parts. The first deals with certain defects in the existing law regulating Fishery Boards. The second part deals with the Finances of those Boards and provides for increased revenue. The third part aims at the control of dealers in salmon and trout, and the fourth part deals with minor matters of detail. I ask leave to introduce the Bill. Leave given. Bill read a first time; ordered for Second Reading on Thursday, April 2nd.