Contravention of the regulations and conditions is an offence. Similar penalties apply, and there is a provision for conviction on indictment, summary conviction and forfeiture of fishing gear.<\/p>\n
It is an offence not to have on board certain papers evidencing the nationality of the boat. The Master may be convicted.<\/p>\n
It is not lawful to carry on board any Irish sea fishing boat or any other boat within the exclusive fishery limits a device by which the mesh of any part of net could be obstructed or otherwise diminished. Contravention is an offence.<\/p>\n
Where an offence under the legislation has been committed by any person on board the Master, even if not the actual offender, may also be proceeded against. It is a defence if he exercised due diligence and showed he did not consent and furnish the requisite information.<\/p>\n\n
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Fisheries Protection Legislation The Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1978, as amended, is the basis of sea fisheries protection legislation. It is not lawful for a foreign sea fishing boat to enter the exclusive fishery limits of the State except for a purpose recognised by international law or provided for under a treaty. If it so enters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19605"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31164,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19605\/revisions\/31164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}