# Fisheries (Tagging and Logbook) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2001, Section 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

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—
(a) a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; or
(b) an officer appointed by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure; or
(c) an officer of the Board; or
(d) a private water bailiff; or
(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);
“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 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;
“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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/291/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-tagging-and-logbook-byelaws-northern-ireland-2001/section-2
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