Regulation 3 Eel catch returns
(1)
This regulation applies in relation to any person who, having been granted any licence or other authorisation to fish for eels with any instrument other than rod and line, is required to submit an eel catch return M1.
(2)
A person completing an eel catch return must record—
(a)
the total weight of eels caught of 12 centimetres or less in length;
(b)
the total weight of those eels retained but dead;
(c)
the total weight of those eels retained alive;
(d)
the dates on which the eels were caught;
(e)
the locations where the eels were caught;
(f)
the destination of retained eels.
(3)
Failure to comply with paragraph (2) is an offence.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
Eel catch returns are required by the National Fisheries Byelaws Phase 2 2001 made under the Water Resources Act 1991 (c.57).