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Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

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These Regulations amend the licence duties payable to the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland in respect of licences for the use of fishing engines for the taking of eels. The new duties, and the size of the increases or decreases, where applicable, are set out below.

Previous RatesNew RatesIncrease + or Decrease −
£££
Fyke net7·008·00+ 1·00
The existing eel weir at Toome5,096·501,500·00− 3,596·50
The existing eel weir at Upper Row, Portna2,552·501,500·00− 1,052·50
The existing eel weir at Lower Row, Portna2,552·501,500·00− 1,052·50
The existing automatic eel weir at Portna1,274·001,500·00+ 226·00
The existing eel weir at Movanagher1,274·001,500·00+ 226·00
The existing eel weir at Belleek49·5049·500·00
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area – containing not more than 1,200 hooks49·5080·00+ 30·50
Long line used in the Erne Catchment Area – containing over 1,200 hooks75·00110·00+ 36·00
Long line containing not more than 1,200 hooks used in Lough Neagh excluding its tributaries and their branches75·0080·00+ 5·00
Long line containing over 1,200 hooks used in Lough Neagh excluding its tributaries and their branches101·00110·00+ 9·00
Eel draft net not exceeding 118 metre in length used in Lough Neagh101·00110·00+ 9·00

The Regulations no longer prescribe duties in respect of licences for the following fishing engines which will not now be issued by the Fisheries Conservancy Board:

(a)the existing eel weir at Rademon;

(b)the existing eel weir at Drumnaconagher, Crossgar;

(c)fixed wing nets, used in the River Erne in the County of Fermanagh between Roscor Viaduct and a point 800 metres downstream of Roscor 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;

(d)fixed wing nets used in that part of Lower Lough Erne in the County of Fermanagh lying between Roscor 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.

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