{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-licence-duties-byelaws-northern-ireland-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-licence-duties-byelaws-northern-ireland-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/540",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries (Licence Duties) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-licence-duties-byelaws-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Byelaws.)\nThese Byelaws further amend the Fisheries Consolidated and Amendment Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1989 to increase the licence duties payable from 1st January 1997 for fishing with rod and line and hand line for salmon and freshwater fish and for commercial fishing engines used for the taking of salmon and freshwater fish other than eels together with the fee payable for a licence which authorises the holder to buy and sell salmon, trout and eels. The new licence fee rates are set out below:—\nPrevious Rates £\nNew Rates £\nIncrease £\nSeason game fishing rod licence\n18·40\n18·85\n0·45\nEight day game fishing rod licence\n9·15\n9·35\n0·20\nOne day game fishing rod licence\n3·25\n3·35\n0·10\nAdditional amount payable by the holder of a Foyle Fisheries Commission season game fishing rod licence to use a single game rod\n14·65\n15·00\n0·35\nSeason coarse fishing rod licence\n7·05\n7·20\n0·15\nEight day coarse fishing rod licence\n3·50\n3·60\n0·10\nThree day coarse fishing rod licence for use only by the holder of a three day coarse fishing permit issued by the Department of Agriculture to fish in waters in which that Department has the fishing rights\n1·50\n1·55\n0·05\nDraft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh\n87·00\n89·10\n2·10\nDraft net for the capture of freshwater fish other than trout and rainbow trout on Lough Erne\n56·60\n58·00\n1·40\nDraft net for use in freshwater other than Lough Neagh or Lough Erne\n220·40\n225·70\n5·30\nSingle wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout in Lough Neagh, per 91 metres (100 yards)\n12·00\n12·30\n0·30\nSingle wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards)\n12·00\n12·30\n0·30\nBait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout for use as bait — per net\n3·85\n3·95\n0·10\nFixed tidal draft net\n291·50\n298·50\n7·00\nFixed tidal draft net which operates in the estuary of a river upstream of the defined mouth\n1,321·70\n1,353·40\n31·70\nTidal draft net\n242·20\n248·00\n5·80\nDrift net for the taking of salmon in the sea\n242·20\n248·00\n5·80\nBag net used in tidal waters\n547·00\n560·10\n13·10\nSalmon box or crib\n657·90\n673·70\n15·80\nDealer’s Licence\n36·40\n37·25\n0·85",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/540/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:32:21.697990+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."
}