§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that injury is occasioned to the fishing industry in county Down by Scotch and English fishing fleets during the close season of their own coasts, resulting in the destruction of fish shoals on the Down coast and the depreciation of the quality of the herrings; and whether, seeing that the fishermen are unable on this account to compete in the English markets with the fully-developed herring caught elsewhere, he will consider the desirability of making the period from January to June a close season between Clougher Head and Belfast Lough.
†See (4) Debates, cxiv., 1113.1092 (Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) No representations appear to have been made to the Department of Agriculture in this matter. If made they will receive every consideration.