PART VITIMES OF FISHING FOR SALMON, TROUT, POLLEN AND EELS
Eels
107Annual close season for eels.
In this Act the expression “the annual close season for eels” means in relation to any locality and for the purposes of the taking of eels by means of a fishing engine of any description, other than rod and line, the period during which it is declared by a regulation under section 15 for the time being in force and applicable to that locality to be unlawful to fish for or take eels by means of a fishing engine of that description, or if no period is so prescribed,—
a
in relation to the taking of eels by means of [F1 fishing engines which are erected or hung in fishing weirs or are] fixed engines (other than long lines), the period from 9th January in any year to 31st May in that year; and
b
in relation to the taking of eels by any means other than a fishing engine to which paragraph ( a) applies (except by rod and line), the period from 9th January in any year to 30th April in that year.