Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005 would strengthen action against illegal fishing by increasing penalties, allowing proceeds from illegally caught fish to be recovered, and giving inspectors stronger powers. It would establish an independent Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority to enforce fishing and fish-food safety rules, while transferring prosecutions to the Director of Public Prosecutions. It would also update Ireland’s sea boundaries and 200-mile economic zone, simplify fishing-boat licensing and registration, protect tax and harbour revenues, and make aquaculture licences more flexible where genuine delays or changing conditions arise.

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Bill entitled an Act to revise with amendments Part XIII of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 and the Maritime Jurisdiction Acts 1959 to 1988, to amend and extend the Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2003, the Mercantile Marine Act 1955, the Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968, the Dumping at sea Act 1996 and the Maritime Safety Act 2005, to amend or repeal certain enactments and to provide for connected matters.

Last updated 16 April 2018