Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

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

(a) omitting the definition of “angling for coarse fish” thus permitting a wider range of angling methods and equipment for coarse fishing (regulation 3(a));

(b) removing the restriction on the use of floats in the Carlingford Area (regulation 4);

(c) prohibiting the use of live fish as bait whilst angling in fresh water (regulation 5);

(d) providing that on any one day during the period 1st March to 31st May only 1 salmonid may be taken by rod and line and retained (regulation 6);

(e) removing the restriction on the number and size of rainbow trout which may be taken by rod and line and retained (regulation 6); and

(f) introducing restrictions on the number and size of pike which may be taken by rod and line and retained (regulations 3(b) and 6).