# Eel Fishing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, Regulation 4: Exception to prohibition: long lines and draft nets

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), regulation 3 does not apply to the use of any long line or draft net in Lough Neagh upstream of the drainage flood gates at Toomebridge.
(2) A person shall not use on any long line a hook the shank of which is less than 23 millimetres in length and the gape of which, that is to say, the distance between the point and the shank, is less than 7.75 millimetres.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/166/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-4
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