Illegal salmon net seizures
The Minister reported 26 drift nets seized during 1978 naval patrols and said prosecutions against ten fishermen were under consideration; locations were supplied in a table.
asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the number of arrests and seizures of illegal nets by Irish naval boats involving illegal drift netting for salmon at sea; and the fishery area in which each arrest and seizure was made.
Comment on this
As the reply is the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
In the course of patrols carried out by the Naval Service during 1978 to combat illegal fishing for salmon at sea a total of 26 drift nets were seized and prosecutions against ten fishermen are now being considered.
The nets were seized in the following locations: