Fisheries Act (with its variations) is a stock
short title
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legislation
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in multiple countries relating to
fisheries. The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Fisheries Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Fisheries Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to fisheries.
Bangladesh
*The
Protection and Conservation of Fish Act, 1950 (East Bengal Act XVIII of 1950)
* The
Protection and Conservation (Amendment) Ordinance (1982) amended version of the Protection and Conservation of Fish Act, 1950
* The
Protection and Conservation of Fish Rules (1985) version of the Protection and Conservation of Fish Act, 1950 implemented in 1985
* The
Marine Fisheries Ordinance (1983) as implemented by
The Marine Fisheries Rules (1983)
* The
Tanks Improvement Act, 1939 (Bengal Act No. XV of 1939) An act that provides for the improvement of tanks in Bangladesh for purposes of aquaculture and irrigation
* The
Shrimp Culture Users Tax Ordinance 1992 An act that describes tax requirement for aquaculture of shrimp farms in the coastal region of the country
Canada
*The
Fisheries Act
India
*The
Indian Fisheries Act, 1897
Malaysia
*The
Fisheries Act 1963
*The
Fisheries Act 1985
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
Irish fisheries law is the fisheries law of Ireland. It relates to Irish fisheries.
Republic of Ireland
Acts of the Oireachtas include the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 196 ...
*The
Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act 1956
Irish fisheries law is the fisheries law of Ireland. It relates to Irish fisheries.
Republic of Ireland
Acts of the Oireachtas include the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1964, ...
United Kingdom
*The
Fisheries Act 1705 (c 48)
2mo: 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
The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 is a law passed by the government of the United Kingdom in an attempt to protect salmon and trout from commercial poaching, to protect migration routes, to prevent willful vandalism and neglect of fish ...
(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 A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949.
Construction of references to citation with a group ...
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).
The Fisheries (Ireland) Acts 1842 to 1895 was the collective title of the following Acts:
[The ]Short Titles Act 1896
The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892.
This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the ...
, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
*The
Fisheries (Ireland) Act 1842
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...
(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
Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhync ...
(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:
[The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2]
*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:
*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:
*The
Salmon Fishery Act 1861
Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhync ...
(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:
*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
*1871 joint resolution (16 Stat. 593) creation of
United States Fish Commission
The United States Fish Commission, formally known as the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, was an agency of the United States government created in 1871 to investigate, promote, and preserve the fisheries of the United States. In 1 ...
*The Alien Fisheries act of 1906
*The Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1924
*The
Marine Mammal Protection Act
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was the first act of the United States Congress to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to wildlife management.
Authority
MMPA was signed into law on October 21, 1972, by President Richard Nixon ...
of 1972
*The
Endangered Species Act of 1973
*The
Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), commonly referred to as the Magnuson–Stevens Act (MSA), is the legislation providing for the management of marine fisheries in U.S. waters. Originally enacted in 1976 to as ...
*The
Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996
See also
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List of short titles
References
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Lists of legislation by short title and collective title