# Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, Section 66: Restrictions on use of nets.


(1) If any person—
(a) uses any one or more than one net of any kind in such a manner as to obtain the same advantage as he would have obtained by using a net the meshes of which are of a size smaller than that for the time being permitted under this Act for nets of that kind; or
(b) uses a net covered with canvas, hide, or other substance for the purpose of taking small fish; or
(c) affixes or keeps up continued nets stretched across a river;
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Subsection (1)( b) shall not apply to a net used either in the sea or within an estuary solely for the purpose of dredging for shell-fish.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/66 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-66
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