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Whale Fisheries Act 1937.

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Legislation
Date
1937
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to enable effect to be given, so far as Saorstát Eireann is concerned, to an international convention for the regulation of whaling, signed at Geneva on the 24th day of September, 1931, to prohibit the taking or treating of whales within the exclusive fishery limits of Saorstát Eireann, and to make provision for divers matters connected with the matters aforesaid.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine mammals Hunting/capture Hunting authorization/permit
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act prohibits the killing, taking or treating of specified kinds of Whales, and of immature whales, or female whales which are accompanied by a calf or suckling whale, within the exclusive fishery limits of Ireland. The Minister may at any time make an order declaring that this Act or any one or more sections of this Act shall apply, either generally or in a specified area and subject to such exceptions adaptations, and modifications as may be specified in such order, in respect of any kind of whales other than whalebone or baleen whales, and whenever the Minister makes such an order this Act shall have extended application in accordance with the terms of such order. Furthermore the Act prohibits the use of unlicensed Irish ships and factories outside the exclusive fishery limits of Ireland. Various conditions for whale hunting and use of ships is imposed and powers of sea fisheries protection officers prescribed.

Full text
English
Website
www.bailii.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Whale Measurement Regulations (No. 2), 1937.

Legislation | Ireland | 1937

Keyword: Marine mammals, Hunting/capture, Hunting authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Whale Fisheries Act, 1937 (Extension to Mammals of the order Cetacea) Order, 1982.

Legislation | Ireland | 1982

Keyword: Marine mammals, Hunting/capture, Hunting authorization/permit, Endangered species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Whale Fisheries Act, 1937 (Extension to Sperm Whales) Order, 1937.

Legislation | Ireland | 1937

Keyword: Marine mammals, Hunting/capture, Hunting authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX