Section 2 InterpretationI1

In these Byelaws—

• “the Act” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;

• “authorised agent” means a person through whom the Board issues certain fishing licences;

• “authorised person” means—

  1. (a)

     a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; or

  2. (b)

     an officer appointed by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure; or

  3. (c)

     an officer of the Board; or

  4. (d)

     a private water bailiff; or

  5. (e)

     any person who is a British sea-fishery officer for the purposes of the Sea Fisheries Acts (as defined by section 19(1) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968^f1);

• “bag net” means a net consisting of a single wall of netting and leader, one end fixed to the shore and running seawards to a floating fixed trap or cage of netting, enclosed on sides, bottom and top, except at the entrance from the leader; and with one or more sets of inscales and described in a certificate issued under the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863^f2 as a bag net;

• “dealer” means the holder of a dealer’s licence granted under Part VII of the Act authorising the holder to sell salmon and trout;

• “draft net” means a single wall of netting loosely hung on ground and head ropes with the outer ends or wings leading to a funnel and a bag or tail into which the catch is drafted or hauled;

• “drift net” means a single sheet or wall of netting attached to a floating head rope and a weighted ground rope, designed to drift freely at the surface of the water;

• “export” in relation to a wild salmon or sea trout means consign by any means to a place outside the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland;

• “farmed salmon or sea trout” means a salmon or sea trout produced in a fish farm;

• “fixed tidal draft net” means a net consisting of a single sheet or wall of netting loosely hung on ground and head ropes without trap or cage and fixed at the shoreward and seaward ends and described in a certificate issued under the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863 as a fixed draft net;

• “game fishing rod licence” means a game fishing rod licence issued pursuant to the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997^f3;

• “gill tag” means a gill tag approved by the Board;

• “hand line” means a line held in the hand to which shall be attached not more than a single hook;

• “holder” in relation to a logbook, means the person to whom the logbook has been issued under these Byelaws;

• “import” in relation to a wild salmon or sea trout means bring by any means into Northern Ireland (other than into the Londonderry Area or the Newry Area) from a place outside the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland;

• “length” in relation to a sea trout means the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail;

• “licence-holder” means the holder of a fishing licence;

• “logbook” means, as the case may be, a one day angling logbook, a salmon and sea trout angling logbook or a salmon and sea trout commercial fishing logbook;

• “named person” means a person who is authorised by the Board under Byelaw 14 of the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997 to act in the absence of a licence-holder;

• “officer of the Board” has the meaning given to it by section 166(1) of the Act^f4;

• “one day angling logbook” means a logbook as set out in the format prescribed in Schedule 1;

• “processing” in relation to a wild salmon or sea trout, includes cutting any steaks, cutlets or other portions of salmon or sea trout immediately prior to their being offered or exposed for sale;

• “register” means a register in the form set out in Schedule 2;

• “salmon and sea trout angling logbook” means a logbook as set out in the format prescribed in Schedule 3;

• “salmon and sea trout commercial fishing logbook” means a logbook as set out in the format prescribed in Schedule 4;

• “supply” includes supply by way of gift or sale;

• “tag” means a gill tag or a tail tag;

• “tail tag” means a tail tag approved by the Board;

• “tidal draft net” means a net used in tidal waters consisting of a single sheet or wall of netting loosely hung on ground and head ropes into which the catch is drafted or hauled;

• “wild salmon” means an Atlantic salmon salmo salar which is not a farmed salmon; and

• “wild sea trout” means a sea trout salmo truta over 50cms in length which is not a farmed sea trout.