Fisheries Act

Fisheries Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in multiple countries for legislation relating to fisheries.

Canada

• Fisheries Act Fisheries Act

India

• The Indian Fisheries Act, 1897^[1]

Malaysia

• The Fisheries Act 1985 (Act 317)

New Zealand

• The Fisheries Act 1908
• The Fisheries Act 1983
• The Fisheries Act 1996
• The Maori Fisheries Act 2004

Republic of Ireland

• The Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act 1949
• The Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act 1956

United Kingdom

• The Fisheries Act 1705 (c 48) [12mo: c 2]
• The Public Works and Fisheries Acts Amendment Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict c 81)
• The Fishery Harbours Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo 5 c 48)
• The Fisheries Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz 2 c 7)
• The Fishery Limits Act 1964 (c 72)
• The Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c 86)
• The Fisheries Act 1981 (c 29)
• The Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 12)

• The Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 (c 5) (NI)
• The Foyle Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c 5) (NI)
• The Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c 17) (NI)
• The Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c 31) (NI)
• The Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c 4)

• The Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 (c 38)
• The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c 83)
• The Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c 77)
• The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1973 (c 30)
• The Sea Fisheries (Wildlife Conservation) Act 1992 (c 36)
• The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Act 1997 (c 3)
• The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Amendment (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 12)

• The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo 6 c 26)
• The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (c 51)
• The Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 (c 22)
• The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15)

• The Oyster Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict c 74)
• The Mussel Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 92)

• The Tweed Fisheries Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c cxlviii)
• The Tweed Fisheries Amendment Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict c lxx)
• The Tweed Fisheries Act 1969 (c xxiv)

• The Seal Fishery Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 18)
• The Seal Fishery (North Pacific) Act 1893

The Seal Fisheries Acts 1895 and 1912 is the collective title of the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict c 21) and the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo 5 c 10).^[2]

The Fisheries (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1895 was the collective title of the following Acts:^[3]

• The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict c 106)
• The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict c 108)
• The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict c 108)
• The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict c 92)
• The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict c 88)
• The Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict c 114)
• The Oyster Beds (Ireland) Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c 88)
• The Oyster Fishery (Ireland) Amendment Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c 97)
• The Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict c 9)
• The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict c 92)
• The Pollen Fishing (Ireland) Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict c 66)
• The Oyster Cultivation (Ireland) Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict c 48)
• The Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 30)
• The Steam Trawling (Ireland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 74)
• The Pollen Fishing (Ireland) Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict c 20)
• The Fisheries Close Season (Ireland) Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict c 29)

The Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1821 to 1890 was the collective title of the following Acts:^[4]

• The White Herring Fisheries Act 1771 (11 Geo 3 c 31)
• The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act 1808 (48 Geo 3 c 110)
• The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act 1815 (55 Geo 3 c 94)
• The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo 4 c 79)
• The Fisheries Act 1824 (5 Geo 4 c 64)
• The Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1830 (11 Geo 4 & 1 Will 4 c 54)
• The Herring Fishery Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict c 26)
• The Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict c 69)
• The Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict c 92)
• The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 72)
• The Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict c 22)
• The Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict c 52)
• The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 23)
• The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act Amendment Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 10)

The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts 1828 to 1868 was the collective title of the following Acts:^[5]

• The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1828 (9 Geo 4 c 39)
• The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict c 95)
• The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict c 97)
• The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict c 118)
• The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 123)

The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts 1861 to 1892 was the collective title of the following Acts:^[6]

• The Salmon Fishery Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 109)
• The Salmon Acts Amendment Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict c 10)
• The Salmon Fishery Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict c 121)
• The Salmon Acts Amendment Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict c 33)
• The Salmon Fishery Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict c 71)
• The Salmon Fishery Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict c 19)
• The Elver Fishing Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict c 34)
• The Fisheries (Dynamite) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict c 65)
• The Freshwater Fisheries Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 39)
• The Salmon Fishery Law Amendment Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict c 26)
• The Freshwater Fisheries Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict c 11)
• The Freshwater Fisheries Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict c 2)
• The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict c 39)
• The Fisheries Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict c 37) (Parts III and IV)
• The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 50)

The Sea Fisheries Acts 1843 to 1893 is the collective title of the following Acts:^[7]

• The Sea Fisheries Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict c 79)
• The Sea Fisheries Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 45)
• The Oyster and Mussel Fisheries Orders Confirmation Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict c 31)
• The Sea Fisheries Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 15)
• The Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, and Lobster) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict c 42)
• The Sea Fisheries Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict c 22)
• The Sea Fisheries Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict c 27)
• The Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c 70)
• The Fisheries Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict c 37) (Part I)
• The North Sea Fisheries Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict c 17)

United States

• The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
• The Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996

See also

• List of short titles

References