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Fisheries (Amendment No. 2) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2004
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These Byelaws amend the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003 and revoke the Fisheries (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2004.
The principal changes are as follows:
1. Byelaw 4 increases the licence duties payable from 1st January 2005 for fishing with rod and line and hand line for salmon and freshwater fish and for commercial fishing engines used for the taking of salmon and freshwater fish other than eels, together with the fee payable for a licence which authorises the holder to buy and sell salmon, trout and eels.
The new rates of licence duties and fee, and the size of the increase, where applicable, are set out below:
| Previous rate | New rate | Increase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Season game fishing rod licence | 15.00 | 15.50 | 0.50 |
| Fourteen day game fishing rod licence | 7.50 | 7.50 | 0.00 |
| Three day game fishing rod licence | 3.50 | 3.50 | 0.00 |
| Concessionary season fishing rod licence | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| Juvenile season fishing rod licence | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| Amount payable by the holder of a current Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission game fishing rod and line licence for a game fishing rod licence | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Season coarse fishing rod licence | 15.00 | 15.50 | 0.50 |
| Fourteen day coarse fishing rod licence | 7.50 | 7.50 | 0.00 |
| Three day coarse fishing rod licence for use by the holder of a three day coarse fishing permit issued by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure to fish in waters in which the Department has the fishing rights | 3.50 | 3.50 | 0.00 |
| Licence for a draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh | 110.00 | 113.00 | 3.00 |
| Licence for a single wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout or rainbow trout in Lough Neagh, per 91 metres (100 yards) | 15.00 | 15.50 | 0.50 |
| Licence for a single wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards) | 15.00 | 15.50 | 0.50 |
| Licence for a bait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout for use as bait – per net | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| Licence for a fixed tidal draft net | 348.50 | 358.00 | 9.50 |
| Licence for a tidal draft net | 289.00 | 297.00 | 8.00 |
| Drift net licence | 289.00 | 289.00 | 8.00 |
| Licence for a bag net used in tidal waters | 653.00 | 671.00 | 18.00 |
| Dealer’s licence | 43.00 | 44.00 | 1.00 |
2. Byelaw 5 amends the references to the River Lagan and Lower Lough Erne in Schedule 4 (list of waters on which a coarse fishing rod licence is valid) and removes Lough Money from the Schedule.
3. Byelaw 6 designates two waters as rainbow trout waters for the purposes of Byelaw 73(2)(b), which provides that there shall be no close season for angling for rainbow trout in waters so designated.
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