Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003

62.  A person shall not have on board any boat used for fishing for salmon in the sea –

(a)any drift net of greater length than 1,375 metres;

(b)any number of drift nets joined together in such a way that their total length is greater than 1,375 metres;

(c)any number of drift nets which, if they were joined together, would have a total length greater than 1,375 metres;

(d)any drift net or part thereof containing more than 45 full meshes measured vertically between the top rope and the bottom rope of the net.