The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) Regulations 2001 by:

(a) permitting the use of bubble and fly method on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;

(b) increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in the specified stretches of the Rivers Finn and Foyle;

(c) prohibiting the use or attempted use of matter of vegetable origin or maggots as a bait while angling on specified Department of Culture Arts and Leisure waters;

(d) providing that on any one day only 4 fish, being either brown trout or rainbow trout, or a combination of both, may be taken by rod and line and retained on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;

(e) increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in any other waters to which restrictions to angling to catch and release applies;

(f) permitting fly fishing only on Lough Brickland; and

(g) extending the restriction of angling to catch and release to the remainder of the River Foyle.