Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations increase the licence duties payable from 1st January 1998 to the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland in respect of licences for the use of fishing engines for the taking of eels by the amounts set out below.

		Previous Rates	New Rates	Increase
		£	£	£
Fyke net	. . .	6·35	6·50	0·15
The existing eel weir at Toome	. . .	4,502·50	4,619·55	117·05
The existing eel weir at Upper Row, Portna	. . .	2,254·80	2,313·40	58·60
The existing eel weir at Lower Row, Portna	. . .	2,254·80	2,313·40	58·60
The existing automatic eel weir at Portna	. . .	1,125·55	1,154·80	29·25
The existing eel weir at Movanagher	. . .	1,125·55	1,154·80	29·25
The existing eel weir at Rademon The existing eel weir at Drumnaconagher, Crossgar	. . . . . .	43·95 43·95	45·10 45·10	1·15 1·15
The existing eel weir at Belleek	. . .	43·95	45·10	1·15
Fixed wing nets, used in the River Erne in the County of Fermanagh between Rosscor Viaduct and a point 800 metres downstream of Rosscor Viaduct or in the River Quoile in the County of Down between the floodgates at the Old Quoile Bridge and the tidal barrier at Hare Island and having a leader and a wing or wings each not exceeding 23 metres in length, for each batch of 5 or less	. . .	66·80	68·55	1·75
Fixed wing nets used in that part of Lower Lough Erne in the County of Fermanagh lying between Rosscor Viaduct and an imaginary line running directly from North to South and passing through the Western tip of Ferny Island in the Parish of Belleek, Barony of Lurg and having a leader and wing or wings, each not exceeding 230 metres in length, for each batch of 10 or less	. . .	1,029·00	1,055·75	26·75
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area — containing not more than 1,200 hooks	. . .	43·95	45·10	1·15
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area — containing over 1,200 hooks	. . .	66·80	68·55	1·75
Long line containing not more than 1,200 hooks used in Lough Neagh excluding its tributaries and their branches	. . .	66·80	68·55	1·75
Long line containing over 1,200 hooks used in Lough Neagh excluding its tributaries and their branches	. . .	89·60	91·95	2·35
Eel draft net not exceeding 118 metres in length used in Lough Neagh	. . .	89·60	91·95	2·35