Salmon (Restriction of Fishing at Sea) (Amendment) Order, 1997. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Fishing area Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Order reduces the sea area, in which salmon fishing is permitted, from twelve to six nautical miles from the baselines: "Fishing for salmon is hereby prohibited in that part of the exclusive fishery limits of the State that lies outside the line every point of which is at a distance of 6 nautical miles seaward from the nearest point of the baseline". Full text English Website www.bailii.org References - Legislation Amends Salmon (Restriction of Fishing at Sea) Order, 1984. Legislation | Ireland | 1984 Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Fishing area Source: FAO, FAOLEX