Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2001

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2001 No. 433

FISHERIES

Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made

18th December 2001

Coming into operation

1st January 2002

The Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 26(1), 37(1), 89, and 95 of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966(1) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure(2), hereby makes the following Byelaws:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Byelaws may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2002.

Amendment of the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997

2.  The Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997(3) shall be amended as provided in Byelaws 3 to 6.

Interpretation

3.  In Byelaw 2(1) after the definition of “defined mouth” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““disabled angler” means an angler who is in receipt of a disability living allowance, attendance allowance, or severe disablement allowance to which that person is entitled under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(4), or in receipt of a war disablement pension to which that person is entitled under the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983(5);”.

Annual close season for angling for salmon or trout

4.  After Byelaw 71 there shall be inserted the following Byelaw—

“72.   Subject to Byelaws 73 to 76 the annual close season for angling for salmon, trout and rainbow trout in all waters to which section 25 of the Act applies shall be from 1st November in each year to the last day of February in the next following year, both dates inclusive.”.

Licences, duties and fees

5.  In Part I of Schedule 1 (licences to fish with rod and line and hand line) at the end there shall be inserted the following entries—

“Disabled angler’s season game fishing rod licence ... ... ... ...	9·50
Disabled angler’s season coarse fishing rod licence ... ... ... ...	3·50”

List of waters where there is no close season for rainbow trout

6.  For Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following Schedule—

Byelaw 76

“SCHEDULE 4 Rainbow Trout Waters where there is no Annual Close Season for Angling for Rainbow Trout

• County Antrim:

  • Cornmill Fishery

  • Craigmore Fishery, Randalstown

  • Cranogue Fishery

  • Dalways Lake

  • Kilgad Fishery

  • North Woodburn Reservoir

  • Potterswall Reservoir

  • Raloo Fishery

  • Springwater Meadow Lakes 1 and 2

  • Straid Lake

  • Tildarg Fishery

  • Turnagrove Fishery

  • Woodford Farm Fishery

• County Armagh:

  • Craigavon City Park North Lake

  • Islandderry Lake, Dromore Road, Lurgan

  • Lisanoe Lake

• County Down:

  • Altnadue Lough

  • Ash Cottage Fishery

  • Ballydugan Lake

  • Ballygrangee Fishery

  • Ballywillwill Lake, Annsborough

  • Bridgewater Fishery

  • Carrickmannon Lake

  • Lough Cowey

  • Lough Creevy

  • Dairy Fishery Pond

  • Derryleckagh Lake

  • Drum Lough

  • Finnebrogue Fisheries

  • Gibson’s Lough

  • Gilford Fishery

  • Gills Lough, Tullywest

  • Hazelwood Rainbow Trout Fishery

  • Hillsborough Lake

  • Hoggs Lough, Tullywest

  • Kernan Lake

  • Lower Ballysallagh Reservoir

  • Lower Conlig Reservoir

  • Magheralagan Lake

  • Marybrook Fisheries

  • Lough Money

  • Montalto Lake

  • Movilla Lake

  • Portavoe Reservoir

  • The Egg Cup, Dundrum

  • Tonaghmore Reservoir

  • Trench Farm Pond

  • Waterfall Lodge Trout Fishery

• County Fermanagh:

  • Lough Coolyermer

• County Londonderry:

  • Ballylagan Lake

  • Ballyrashane Reservoir

  • Gauger’s Inn Fishery Lake

  • Loughinsholin Put and Take Fishery

  • Moorbrook Lodge, Castlerock

  • Springwell Fishery

  • Turnaface Fishery

  • Washing Lough of Manor Golf and Fishing Club

• County Tyrone:

  • Altmore Fishery

  • Annaginny Stillwater Trout Fishery

  • Aughadarragh Fishery

  • 194 Caledon Road, Aughnacloy

  • Ballagh Lake

  • Dungannon Park Lake

  • Hazelden Fisheries

  • Martray Lough

  • Rectory Lodge Trout Fishery

  • White Lough”

Sealed with the Common Seal of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland on 18th December 2001.

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 18th December 2001.

L.S.

N. Carson

A 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 Byelaws”).

The principal changes are as follows:

1.  Byelaw 4 reinserts Byelaw 72 (annual close season for angling for salmon, trout, and rainbow trout) into the principal Byelaws. Byelaw 72 was previously revoked by the Fisheries (Amendment No. 3) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 364).

2.  Byelaws 3 and 5 introduce new fishing rod licences, and the duties that apply to them, for disabled anglers.

3.  Byelaw 6 substitutes a new Schedule for Schedule 4 to the principal Byelaws (list of rainbow trout waters where there is no annual close season for angling for rainbow trout). Islandderry Lake, Dromore Road, Lurgan, Ballywillwill Lake, Annsborough, Lough Money, Portavoe Reservoir, The Egg Cup, Dundrum and 194 Caledon Road, Aughnacloy are added to the list of rainbow trout waters in the Schedule. Potterswall Reservoir, Gibson’s Lough, and Rectory Lodge Trout Fishery are reinserted into the Schedule following the revocation made by S.R. 2000 No. 364. The rainbow trout water listed as Magherascouse Road, Ballygowan, is renamed as Hazelwood Rainbow Trout Fishery.

(1)

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.)) and section 37 was amended by Article 9 of the Fisheries (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

(2)

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

(3)

S.R. 1997 No. 425 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 12, S.R. 1999 No. 488 and S.R. 2000 No. 364

(4)

1992 c. 7

(5)

S.I. 1983/883