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Fisheries (Licence Duties) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997

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Explanatory Note

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These Byelaws amend the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997 to increase the licence duties payable from 1st January 1998 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. The new licence fee rates are set out below:—

Previous RatesNew RatesIncrease
£££
Season game fishing rod licence18·8519·350·50
Eight day game fishing rod licence9·359·600.25
One day game fishing rod licence3·353·450·10
Additional amount payable by the holder of a Foyle Fisheries Commission season game fishing rod licence to use a single game rod15·0015·400·40
Season coarse fishing rod licence7·207·400·20
Eight day coarse fishing rod licence3·603·700·10
Three day coarse fishing rod licence for use only by the holder of a three day coarse fishing permit issued by the Department of Agriculture to fish in waters in which that Department has the fishing rights1·551·600.05
Draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh89·1091·402·30
Draft net for the capture of freshwater fish other than trout and rainbow trout on Lough Erne58·0059·501·50
Draft net for use in freshwater other than Lough Neagh or Lough Erne225·70231·605·90
Single wall set or trammel net for the capture of trout in Lough Neagh, per 91 metres (100 yards)12·3012·600·30
Single wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards)12·3012·600·30
Bait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout for use as bait — per net3·954·050·10
Fixed tidal draft net298·50306.307·80
Fixed tidal draft net which operates in the estuary of a river upstream of the defined mouth1,353·401,388·6035·20
Tidal draft net248·00254·406·40
Drift net for the taking of salmon in the sea248·20254·406·40
Bag net used in tidal waters560·10574·7014·60
Salmon box or crib673·70691·2017·50
Dealer’s Licence37·2538·200·95

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