# Fisheries (Licence Duties) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Byelaws.)
These 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:—
Previous Rates £
New Rates £
Increase £
Season game fishing rod licence
18·40
18·85
0·45
Eight day game fishing rod licence
9·15
9·35
0·20
One day game fishing rod licence
3·25
3·35
0·10
Additional amount payable by the holder of a Foyle Fisheries Commission season game fishing rod licence to use a single game rod
14·65
15·00
0·35
Season coarse fishing rod licence
7·05
7·20
0·15
Eight day coarse fishing rod licence
3·50
3·60
0·10
Three 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
1·50
1·55
0·05
Draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh
87·00
89·10
2·10
Draft net for the capture of freshwater fish other than trout and rainbow trout on Lough Erne
56·60
58·00
1·40
Draft net for use in freshwater other than Lough Neagh or Lough Erne
220·40
225·70
5·30
Single wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout in Lough Neagh, per 91 metres (100 yards)
12·00
12·30
0·30
Single wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards)
12·00
12·30
0·30
Bait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout for use as bait — per net
3·85
3·95
0·10
Fixed tidal draft net
291·50
298·50
7·00
Fixed tidal draft net which operates in the estuary of a river upstream of the defined mouth
1,321·70
1,353·40
31·70
Tidal draft net
242·20
248·00
5·80
Drift net for the taking of salmon in the sea
242·20
248·00
5·80
Bag net used in tidal waters
547·00
560·10
13·10
Salmon box or crib
657·90
673·70
15·80
Dealer’s Licence
36·40
37·25
0·85

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/540/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-licence-duties-byelaws-northern-ireland-1996/note
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