Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17)

PART V N.I. REGULATION OF FISHING FOR SALMON, EELS AND FRESHWATER FISH

N.I. [Regulations as to nets, etc.]

69 Use of salmon nets near mouths of rivers. N.I.

(1) If any person (other than the owner of a several fishery within the limits thereof) shoots, draws or uses any net for taking salmon—

(a) at the mouth of any river; or

(b) within[F1 805 metres] in any direction from the mouth of any river,

he shall be guilty of an offence.

[F2 (2) Any person (other than the owner of a several fishery in the whole of a river or its tributaries, within the limits of that several fishery)—

(a) who shoots, draws or stretches a net across the mouth or across any other part of a river; and

(b) who fails to leave open a channel which is—

(i) at least one-quarter of the width of the mouth of the river or, as the case may be, of that other part of the river, or 18 metres, whichever is the less, and

(ii) of sufficient depth and width to facilitate the passage of salmon in that river;

shall be guilty of an offence.]

(3) Where an order under section 16 defines the mouth of a tributary river, references in this section to the mouth of a river shall be construed as including references to the mouth of that tributary river.

F1 SR 1983/100

F2 1991 NI 13