Agency:
Sea Fisheries Board
Agency Number:
Start Date:
11 Dec 1925
End Date:
31 Dec 1941
Description:
The Fisheries Commissioners and the Commission they constituted was abolished under the Fisheries Act 1925 which separated inland and sea fisheries into the Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Commission and the Sea Fisheries Board respectively.;;;;The new Board was responsible for the management, control, protection and regulation of all fisheries of the State, other than salmon and freshwater fisheries.;;;;After a conference and Board of Enquiry was held in 1941 into sea fisheries a new Fisheries Act was passed the same year which placed fisheries directly under ministerial control and its administration by the Department of Agriculture.
Information Sources:
Minutes of the Sea Fisheries Board
Legislation Administered:
Fisheries Act 1925
Legislation Creating:
Fisheries Act 1925, Part II Geo V No 2
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Fisheries Act 1941
Functions Performed:
Primary industries
Controlling Agencies:
| Police Department (TA242) | 01 Jan 1820 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Previous Agencies:
| Commissioners of Fisheries (TA44) | 28 Oct 1889 | 11 Dec 1925 |
Related Agencies:
| Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Commission (TA46) | 11 Dec 1925 | 18 Dec 1959 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Sea Fisheries Advisory Board (TA195) | 01 Jan 1941 | 31 Dec 1976 |
| Department of Agriculture (2) (TA370) | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AE300 Minutes of Meetings of the Sea Fisheries Board | 05 Jan 1925 | 24 Dec 1928 |
| AA426 Register of Fishing Boats. | 01 Jan 1935 | 31 Dec 1985 |