§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Chief Secretary whether he can state the reason why trawling with motor or other power is allowed in Cushendun Bay, county Antrim, inside the lead of the two salmon fisheries, during the fishing season, 1st June to 19th September; whether such trawling is permitted within the three-miles radius in any other Irish bay, with a few exceptions; and, if so, what steps he proposes to take to prevent such trawling in Cushendun Bay in future?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe Department have received no application for a by-law prohibiting trawling in Cushendun Bay. Should such an application be received it would be considered. By-laws prohibiting all trawling or steam trawling within certain distances from the land are in force on many parts of the Irish coast, but there is no general prohibition of trawling within three miles of the coast.