MR. ODOHERTY (Donegal, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, if he is aware of the action of the conservators of the Foyle and Bann fisheries, in attempting to deprive the deep sea fishermen of their rights in the pursuit of their calling by endeavouring to prohibit the ordinary use of drift nets in the open sea and imposing various other restrictions; and whether he will take any steps in the matter to protect the fishermen from such treatment.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The question of the use of drift nets for the capture of almon off the coasts of the Ballyshannon, Letterkenny, Londonderry, and Coleraine fishery districts formed the subject of j inquiries recently held by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction at eight different places in the locality. A decision in the matter has not yet been arrived at.