# Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) Regulations 2001 by –
(a) omitting the definition of “angling for coarse fish” thus permitting a wider range of angling methods and equipment for coarse fishing (regulation 3(a));
(b) removing the restriction on the use of floats in the Carlingford Area (regulation 4);
(c) prohibiting the use of live fish as bait whilst angling in fresh water (regulation 5);
(d) providing that on any one day during the period 1st March to 31st May only 1 salmonid may be taken by rod and line and retained (regulation 6);
(e) removing the restriction on the number and size of rainbow trout which may be taken by rod and line and retained (regulation 6); and
(f) introducing restrictions on the number and size of pike which may be taken by rod and line and retained (regulations 3(b) and 6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/75/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-and-carlingford-area-angling-amendment-regulations-2004/note
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