EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations amend the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) Regulations 2001 by:
(a)permitting the use of bubble and fly method on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;
(b)increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in the specified stretches of the Rivers Finn and Foyle;
(c)prohibiting the use or attempted use of matter of vegetable origin or maggots as a bait while angling on specified Department of Culture Arts and Leisure waters;
(d)providing that on any one day only 4 fish, being either brown trout or rainbow trout, or a combination of both, may be taken by rod and line and retained on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;
(e)increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in any other waters to which restrictions to angling to catch and release applies;
(f)permitting fly fishing only on Lough Brickland; and
(g)extending the restriction of angling to catch and release to the remainder of the River Foyle.