Sale of Irish bass in Dublin restaurant

Short answer: yes

Long answer: the SI says it covers ICES areas VI and VII. Since this covers all the waters surrounding the island, then I guess it applies in any Republic territorial water.

Summarising:

Cannot sell or offer for sale bass caught in Ireland

Cannot fish commercially for bass

Cannot fish for bass using nets

Anglers cannot be in posession of more than two bass over 40cm in any 24 hour period.

Any bass under 40cm caught by anglers must be returned alive.

Cannot fish for bass from 15th May to 15th June.

Text of the laws available from Department of Ag. Fisheries and Food webste or on the Irish Bass website:

http://www.irishbass.org/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=37

you forgot one french net!!!!!!!fishing off the channel isles will catch 1000tons of potental irish bass a lifetimes damage
will do us all for ten years,,and a resturant only needs a for french or farmed bassreciept we need more regulation
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gee

Short answer: yes

Long answer: the SI says it covers ICES areas VI and VII. Since this covers all the waters surrounding the island, then I guess it applies in any Republic territorial water.

what a load of junk ,,,you are talking out of your butt,,come on teach look at the bass migs
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gee

what a load of junk ,,,you are talking out of your butt,,come on teach look at the bass migs

You've completely lost me Graham. If it's "junk" then perhaps you would like to answer the original question. The original posters asked what the regulations were. I believe I answered them correctly.

If all you do is criticise and be generally abusive then there's really not much point in you posting here at all.

Short answer: yes

Long answer: the SI says it covers ICES areas VI and VII. Since this covers all the waters surrounding the island, then I guess it applies in any Republic territorial water.

what a load of junk ,,,you are talking out of your butt,,come on teach look at the bass migs
:roll: :twisted:
gee

OK Graham, can you answer my question instead of debunking those who tried?

If an Irish registered boat from Inishowen fishes commercially for Bass in Irish Territorial waters controlled by the Loughs Agency and lands and sells it's catch in both Northern Ireland and the Republic, is it breaking the law?

As mentioned previously - here is the scan of the newpaper article in this weeks Dungarvan People......






Note that he refused to say who sold them to him - would have thought you could have been "forced" to do so#?? :shock:

john.

Threaten him with the CAB, that'd soon get him talking! :twisted:

If an Irish registered boat from Inishowen fishes commercially for Bass in Irish Territorial waters controlled by the Loughs Agency and lands and sells it's catch in both Northern Ireland and the Republic, is it breaking the law?

from what i have read/searched and with a bit of guesswork i have come up with a thought(probably inaccurate, but never the less)

seeing as loughs agency is a cross boarder body, exercising a statutory remit for conservation, protection and development across the Foyle and Carlingford catchments, my guess is they would more than likely deem any bass caught in their catchment area and sold on as an illegal activity, but then again i could be completely wrong

best bet would be to send them a query general@­loughs-agency.org

the image below shows the two regions that is covered by loughs agency
[img]http://www.loughs-agency.org/images/maps/NIregions.gif[/img]

in 1990, in reponse to the declining number of irish sea bass the minister for the marine introduced a number of regulations to protect remaining fish. these regulations are still in place 2 day.

commercial fishin 4 bass.

the position with regard 2 commercial fishin for bass by an irish fishing vessel is clear, fishing 4 bass, takin bass using nets or even havin bass on board an irish fishing vessel is illegal.

sale of bass.

any bass sold or even offerd in ireland must have been imported into the country, it is illegal 2 sell irish caught sea bass.

if someone trys 2 sell u wild irsh bass in a shop, restaurant or market they are breakin the law. you can report this 2
report@irishbass.org

so 2 answer your question tanglerat, its is illegal and dont let any1 try 2 tell you any different
wayne :D :D :D