Pollen Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1891
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1891 c. 20 |
| Year | 1891 |
Pollen Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1891
(54 & 55 Vict.) CHAPTER 20.
An Act for the better Preservation of the Pollen Fisheries in Ireland.
[3rd July 1891]
W HEREAS the laws relating to the fisheries of Ireland do not sufficiently provide for the preservation of the pollen fisheries thereof:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Application of Act.
1. This Act shall not apply to England or Scotland.
2 Short title and construction.
2. This Act may be cited for all purposes as thePollen Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1891, and shall be construed together with the Salmon Fishery Acts now in force in Ireland, and be incorporated therewith.
3 Pollen under certain size not to be taken.
3. From on and after the passing of this Act it shall be illegal to take pollen of less size than eight inches in length, measured from the nose to the utmost extent of the tail, and any person wilfully taking, killing, destroying, buying, selling or exposing for sale, sending, or having in his custody or possession any pollen of less size than that herein-before mentioned shall forfeit one shilling for every such fish so taken, killed, destroyed, bought, sold, or exposed for sale, sent, or in his possession or custody, together with all such fish; and all persons empowered to enforce the provisions of the said Salmon Fishery Acts shall be and are hereby empowered to seize all such pollen.
4 Exception of pollen caught or kept for certain purposes.
4. Nothing in this Act contained shall apply to any person who shall catch or attempt to catch or shall have in his possession such pollen for scientific purposes, with the written permission of the inspectors of Irish fisheries.
5 Constabulary, water bailiffs, and others empowered to open and examine baskets and boxes.
5. It shall be lawful for all officers and men of the constabulary and for all persons empowered to enforce the provisions of the Salmon Fishery Acts, to open and examine all baskets and boxes and other packages containing fish, whether at railway stations, docks or quays, markets...
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