Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made: 10th December 2003

Coming into operation: 1st January 2004

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PART I — INTRODUCTORY

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Revocations

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PART II — LICENCES, DUTIES AND FEES

General

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Issue of drift net licences

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Issue of tidal draft net licences

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Revocation of, or refusal to issue or renew, a fishing licence

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PART III — APPEAL TO A MAGISTRATES’ COURT AGAINST THE REFUSAL OF THE BOARD TO ISSUE OR RESTORE A FISHING LICENCE

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PART IV — COARSE FISHING ROD LICENCES

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PART V — USE OF SINGLE WALL SET NETS, TRAMMEL NETS, DRAFT NETS AND BAIT NETS

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PART VI — GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF FISHING ENGINES OTHER THAN ROD AND LINE OR HAND LINE

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PART VII — RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF FISHING ENGINES OTHER THAN ROD AND LINE OR HAND LINE ON LOUGH NEAGH AND UPPER AND LOWER LOUGH ERNE

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PART VIII — ADDITIONAL AND SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN NETS ON LOUGH NEAGH

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PART IX — ADDITIONAL AND SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF NETS AND BOATS ON UPPER AND LOWER LOUGH ERNE

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PART X — TAKEABLE SIZE AND SALE OF TROUT AND POLLEN (COMMERCIAL FISHING AND ANGLING)

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PART XI — MODE OF USE OF DRIFT NETS AND DRAFT NETS

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PART XII — RESTRICTIONS ON THE DIMENSIONS OF DRAFT NETS AND DRIFT NETS AND ON THE USE OF BOATS FOR DRIFT NETTING

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PART XIII — RESTRICTIONS ON SALMON FISHING IN TIDAL WATERS

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PART XIV — RESTRICTIONS ON METHODS OF FISHING FOR SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISH

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PART XV — RESTRICTIONS ON NUMBERS AND WEIGHTS OF PIKE TO BE TAKEN BY ANGLING

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PART XVI — ANNUAL CLOSE SEASONS FOR ANGLING FOR SALMON OR TROUT

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PART XVII — ANNUAL CLOSE SEASONS AND CLOSE TIMES FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING

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PART XVIII — PROHIBITION ON ANY PERSON HAVING UNDERSIZED PIKE OR PERCH IN THEIR POSSESSION

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PART XIX — RESTRICTIONS ON THE KILLING OF SALMON

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SCHEDULE 1

Angling Licence

SCHEDULE 2

Commercial Fishing Licence

FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966

SCHEDULE 3 — Fishing Engines and Licence Duties

PART I — LICENCES TO FISH WITH ROD AND LINE AND HAND LINE

Fishing Licence(1)	Duty(2)
Season game fishing rod licence	£17.00
Fourteen day game fishing rod licence	£9.00
Three day game fishing rod licence	£3.50
Concessionary season fishing rod licence	£5.00
Juvenile season fishing rod licence	£2.00
Amount payable by the holder of a current Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights game fishing rod and line licence for a game fishing rod licence	£1.00
Season coarse fishing rod licence	£17.00
Fourteen day coarse fishing rod licence	£9.00
Three day coarse fishing rod licence for use by the holder of a three day coarse fishing permit issued by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure to fish in waters in which the Department has the fishing rights	£3.50

PART II — LICENCES FOR FISHING ENGINES OTHER THAN ROD AND LINE OR HAND LINE

Fishing Licence(1)	Duty(2)
Licence for a draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh	£130.00
Licence for a single wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout orrainbow trout in Lough Neagh per 91 metres (100 yards)	£17.00
Licence for a single wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fishother than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards)	£17.00
Licence for a bait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout orrainbow trout for use as bait – per net	£5.00
Licence for a fixed tidal draft net	£411.00
Licence for a tidal draft net	£341.00
Drift net licence for the taking of salmon in the sea	£341.00
Licence for a bag net used in tidal waters	£769.50

PART III

Dealer’s licence	£50.50

SCHEDULE 4 — List of Waters on which a Coarse Fishing Rod Licence is Valid

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SCHEDULE 5 — List of Rivers on which the use of Ground Bait or Maggots is prohibited whilst Angling

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SCHEDULE 6 — Rainbow Trout Waters where there is no Annual Close Season for Angling for Rainbow Trout

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SCHEDULE 7 — Revocations

Byelaws Revoked	References
Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997	S.R. 1997 No. 425
Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1999	S.R. 1999 No. 12
Fisheries (Amendment No. 3) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2000	S.R. 2000 No. 364
Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2001	S.R. 2001 No. 433
Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2002	S.R. 2002 No. 11
Fisheries (Amendment No. 2) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2002	S.R. 2002 No. 274
Fisheries (Amendment No. 3) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2002	S.R. 2002 No. 371
Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003	S.R. 2003 No. 271

Signed

Sealed with the Common Seal of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland on 9th December 2003.

Dr. R. Hanna — Chairman

K. A. Simpson (Mrs.) — Secretary

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure hereby approves the foregoing Byelaws.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on 10th December 2003.

N. Carson — A senior officer of the — Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1966 c. 17 (N.I.); section 26(1) was amended by Article 8(3) of the Fisheries (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1466 (N.I. 13)) and by section 5 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (2001 c. 4 (N.I.)); section 37 was substituted by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (1968 c. 31 (N.I.)) and was amended by Article 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and by section 6 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001; sections 51(2), 52(2) and 72(1) were amended by S.R. 1983 No. 100; sections 114(1)(b) and 115(1)(b) were amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Fisheries (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

[^f00002]: Functions transferred by virtue of S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 3 and Schedule 1

[^f00003]: 1863 c. 114 (Ireland)

[^f00004]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00005]: S.I. 1983/883

[^f00006]: S.I. 1993/3138 as amended by S.I. 1994/541, S.I. 1998/1915, S.I. 1998/2976 and S.I. 1999/3206

Issue of drift net licences

Issue of tidal draft net licences

Revocation of, or refusal to issue or renew, a fishing licence

Editorial notes

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