Statutory Rule 2000 No. 364

      Fisheries (Amendment No. 3) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2000

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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2000 No. 364

FISHERIES

Fisheries (Amendment No. 3) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2000

  Made 24th November 2000 
  Coming into operation 1st January 2001 

The Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 26(1)[1], 37(1)[2] to (3), 51(2), 52(2), 70(1) and (2), 71(2)(g), 72(1), 89, 95(1) and (2), 97, 114(1)(b) and 115(1)(b)[3] of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966[4] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure[5], hereby makes the following Byelaws: - 

Citation and commencement
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment No. 3) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.

Amendment of the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997
     2. The Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997[6] shall be amended as provided in Byelaws 3 and 4.

List of waters where there is no Close Season for Rainbow Trout
     3. In Schedule 4 in the list of rainbow trout waters where there is no annual close season for angling of rainbow trout - 

    (a) under the heading County Antrim there shall be inserted after the reference to "Cornmill Fishery" a reference to "Craigmore Fishery, Randalstown", and

    (b) under the heading County Down there shall be inserted after the reference to "Magheralagan Lake" a reference to "Magherascouse Road, Ballygowan", and

    (c) under the heading County Londonderry there shall be inserted after the reference to "Loughinsholin Put and Take Fishery" a reference to "Moorbrook Lodge, Castlerock".

     4. For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following Schedule:




Revocation
     5. The Fisheries (Amendment No. 2) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1999[7] are hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Common Seal of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland on


22nd November 2000.

L.S.


Dr. D. Roberts
Chairman
L.S.


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


24th November 2000.

L.S.


N. Carson
Senior Officer of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Byelaws.)


These Byelaws amend the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997. The principal changes are as follows:

     1. These Byelaws designate the number of waters as rainbow trout waters for the purposes of Byelaw 76 of the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997 ("The principal Byelaws") which provides that there shall be no close season for angling for rainbow trout in waters so designated. (Byelaw 3)

     2. The Byelaws increase the licence duties payable from 1st January 2001 for fishing with rod and line and hand line for salmon and freshwater fish and for commercial fishing engines used for the taking of salmon and freshwater fish other than eels together with the fee payable for a licence which authorises the holder to buy and sell salmon, trout and eels. (Byelaw 4)

The new licence fee rates and the size of the increases, where applicable, are set out below: - 

  Previous Rates New Rates Increase
  £ £ £
Season game fishing rod licence 21·00 21·50 0·50
Eight day game fishing rod licence 10·00 10·50 0·50
One day game fishing rod licence 4·00 4·00 0·00
Additional amount payable by the holder of a Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission season game fishing rod licence to use a single game rod 17·00 17·50 0·50
Season coarse fishing rod licence 8·00 8·00 0·00
Eight day coarse fishing rod licence 4·00 4·00 0·00
Three day coarse fishing rod licence for use only 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 that Department has the fishing rights 2·00 2·00 0·00
Draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh 98·00 101·00 3·00
Draft net for the capture of freshwater fish other than trout and rainbow trout on Lough Erne 63·50 65·50 2·00
Draft net for use in freshwater other than Lough Neagh or Lough Erne 248·00 255·50 7·50
Single wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout in Lough Neagh, per 91 metres (100 yards) 13·50 14·00 0·50
Single wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards) 13·50 14·00 0·50
Bait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout for use as bait  -  per net 4·50 4·50 0·00
Fixed tidal draft net 328·50 338·50 10·00
Fixed tidal draft net which operates in the estuary of a river upstream of the defined mouth 1,487·50 1,532·00 44·50
Tidal draft net 272·50 280·50 8·00
Drift net for the taking of salmon in the sea 272·50 280·50 8·00
Bag net used in tidal waters 615·50 634·00 18·50
Salmon box or crib 740·50 762·50 22·00
Dealer's Licence 41·00 42·00 1·00

Notes:

 [1] Section 26(1) was amended by S.I. 1991/1466 (N.I. 13) Article 8(3)back

[2] Section 37 was substituted by 1968 c. 31 (N.I.) Schedule 1 and amended by S.I. 1991/1466 (N.I. 3) Article 9back

[3] Sections 114(1) and 115(1) were amended by S.I. 1991/1466 (N.I. 13) Article 35(1) and Schedule 3 paragraph 5back

[4] 1966 c. 17 (N.I.)back

[5] Functions transferred by virtue of S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 3 and Schedule 1back

[6] S.R. 1997 No. 425back

[7] S.R. 1999 No. 488back


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