Fisheries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

PART 11MODE OF USE OF DRAFT NETS

46.  Where a draft net is operated from the shore the only permitted mode of using such net shall be that one end of the rope of the net shall be held on the shore or bank and the net shall by shot or paid out from a boat which shall start from such shore or bank and return thereto without avoidable pause or delay, and the net shall thereupon be drawn into and landed on such shore or bank.

47.  Where a draft net is operated from a boat the only permitted mode of using the net shall be that one end of the rope of the net shall be fixed to a buoy, whether anchored or not, and the net shall be shot or paid out from a boat which shall start from such buoy and return thereto without avoidable pause or delay, and the net shall thereupon be drawn into and landed in such boat.