# The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, 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) permitting the use of bubble and fly method on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;
(b) increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in the specified stretches of the Rivers Finn and Foyle;
(c) prohibiting the use or attempted use of matter of vegetable origin or maggots as a bait while angling on specified Department of Culture Arts and Leisure waters;
(d) providing that on any one day only 4 fish, being either brown trout or rainbow trout, or a combination of both, may be taken by rod and line and retained on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;
(e) increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in any other waters to which restrictions to angling to catch and release applies;
(f) permitting fly fishing only on Lough Brickland; and
(g) extending the restriction of angling to catch and release to the remainder of the River Foyle.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/458/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-and-carlingford-area-angling-amendment-regulations-2012/note
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