# Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, Section 88: Taking salmon or trout unlawfully killed or found dead.

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person who by any means removes or causes to be removed from any waters—
(a) any salmon or trout which has been injured or killed otherwise than by lawful means; or
(b) any salmon or trout which has been found dead, from any cause whatever, by that person;
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any of the following persons—
(a) any person acting under the authority of the Ministry; or
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) any owner of a fishery in those waters; or
(d) any agent of the owner of a fishery in those waters; or
(e) any member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; or
(f) [ any person acting under the authority of a district council]. or
(g) any private water bailiff appointed to protect those waters.
(3) Where a person is charged with an offence under this section in respect of any fish it shall be a good defence to prove that he removed the fish from any waters, or caused it to be so removed, solely for the purpose of delivering it to a person designated in any of paragraphs ( a) to ( f) of subsection (2), and that he did so deliver it before being required to do so by any such person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/88 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-88
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