HC Deb 07 March 1912 vol 35 c534
Mr. GILHOOLY

asked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether he is aware that two steam trawlers are continuously trawling in the inner harbour of Bantry Bay; whether this system of fishing is destructive of the spawn of the fish and causes injury and loss to hundreds of trammel and line fishermen who fish in Bantry Bay; and whether he will have an inquiry held in connection with this matter?

Mr. RUSSELL

The Department are not aware that trawlers are fishing in the inner harbour of Bantry Bay, in which area all trawling is prohibited. The question of placing further restrictions on trawling in Bantry Bay was fully gone into at an inquiry held in 1910, and the Department are not aware of any circumstances calling for a further inquiry into the matter.

Mr. GILHOOLY

Will the right hon. Gentleman, under the changed circumstances of the harbour, seeing there are now two harbours, make further inquiry locally?

Mr. RUSSELL

Yes.