{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-licence-duties-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-licence-duties-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/456",
  "legislation_title": "Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-licence-duties-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese 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 where applicable, are set out below.\nPrevious Rates\nNew Rates\nIncrease\n£\n£\n£\nFyke Net\n8.00\n8.00\n0.00\nThe existing eel weir at Toome\n1542.00\n1595.50\n53.50\nThe existing eel weir at Upper Row, Portna\n1542.00\n1595.50\n53.50\nThe existing eel weir at Lower Row, Portna\n1542.00\n1595.50\n53.50\nThe existing eel weir at Belleek\n50.50\n52.00\n1.50\nLong line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing not more than 1,200 hooks\n82.00\n84.50\n2.50\nLong line used in the Erne Catchment Area or Lough Neagh, excluding its tributaries and their branches, containing over 1,200 hooks\n113.00\n116.50\n3.50\nEel draft net not exceeding 118 metres in length used in Lough Neagh\n113.00\n116.50\n3.50",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/456/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:50:19.272643+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}