# Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, Regulation 6: Restrictions on number and size


For regulation 7 there shall be substituted the following regulation –
“Restrictions on number and size
7 (1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall not take by rod and line and retain –
(a) a salmonid of a length less than 25.4cm;
(b) more than 1 salmonid on any one day during the period beginning on 1st March and ending on 31st May in any calendar year (both dates inclusive); or
(c) more than 4 salmonids on any other day.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a person takes by rod and line any salmonid of less than the minimum length specified in paragraph (1)(a) or a salmonid in excess of the maximum number specified in paragraph (1)(b) or (c), he shall return the salmonid to the water without avoidable injury.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply in relation to a rainbow trout.
(4) Subject to paragraph (6), a person shall not take by rod and line and retain –
(a) a pike weighing 4 kilogrammes or more; or
(b) more than 2 pike on any one day.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), where a person takes by rod and line any pike weighing 4 kilogrammes or more or a pike in excess of the maximum number specified in paragraph (4)(b), he shall return the pike to the water without avoidable injury.
(6) Paragraphs (4) and (5) shall not apply where a person has taken a specimen pike by rod and line provided that that person has not taken and retained another specimen pike on the same day.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/75/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-and-carlingford-area-angling-amendment-regulations-2004/regulation-6
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