Section 19.
SCHEDULE 1Close Seasons and Close Times
1It shall be the duty of every water authority to make byelaws fixing for their area or the respective parts of it, subject to paragraph 3 below, the annual close season and weekly close time for fishing by any method for salmon and trout other than rainbow trout.
2If a water authority have not before the commencement of this Act made any such byelaws for a part of their area, the Minister may make such byelaws for that part of that area with or without a local inquiry.
3The minimum close seasons and close times are specified in the following Table (subject to the power to dispense altogether with a close season for freshwater fish or rainbow trout conferred by paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 below).
TABLE
| Minimum duration | |
|---|---|
| 1. Salmon close season | 153 days |
| 2. Close season for fishing for salmon with rod and line | 92 days |
| 3. Close season for fishing for salmon or trout with putts and putchers | 242 days |
| 4. Weekly close time for salmon | 42 hours |
| 5. Trout close season | 181 days |
| 6. Close season for fishing for trout with rod and line | 153 days |
| 7. Weekly close time for trout | 42 hours |
| 8. Close season for freshwater fish or rainbow trout | 93 days |
4If byelaws neither specify nor dispense with an annual close season for freshwater fish, the annual close season for such fish shall be the period between 14th March and 16th June.
5The annual close season for rainbow trout for any waters is that fixed for those waters by byelaws.
6Subject to any byelaws under this Act or the [1923 c. 16.] Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923—
(a)for salmon—
(i)the annual close season shall be the period between 31st August and the following 1st February ;
(ii)the close season for rods shall be the period between 31st October and the following 1st February;
(iii)the close season for putts and putchers shall be the period between 31st August and the following 1st May; and
(iv)the weekly close time shall be the period between 6 a.m. on Saturday and 6 a.m. on the following Monday ; and
(b)for trout—
(i)the annual close season shall be the period between 31st August and the following 1st March ;
(ii)the annual close season for rod and line shall be the period between 30th September and the following 1st March; and
(iii)the weekly close time shall be the period between 6 a.m- on Saturday and 6 a.m. on the following Monday.