§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin Co., N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the practice of fishing for herrings on the South Coast of Ireland before the month of June has been declared by the Inspectors of Fisheries for that Country to be highly detrimental to the fishing industry; and, if so, whether, as the Inspectors have no power to make a bye-law on the subject, he will procure an Order in Council prohibiting the practice complained of within twenty miles of the Irish Coast, thereby following the precedent set by the Order made and approved by Her Majesty on the 29th April 1869, whereby dredging for oysters between certain dates on parts of the East Coast was prohibited within twenty miles of the shore?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The fact as to the opinion of the Inspectors of Fisheries is as stated by the hon. Member. I will look further into the matter during the Parliamentary Recess and see whether it would be practicable and desirable to promote such an Order in Council as is suggested.