{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-control-of-fishing-regulations-2010/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-control-of-fishing-regulations-2010/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2010/199",
  "legislation_title": "The Foyle Area (Control of Fishing) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-control-of-fishing-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“angling” means fishing for salmon, sea trout or brown trout by rod and line;\n“annual close season for angling”, in relation to any waters, means the annual close season for angling in those waters prescribed by the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Close Seasons for Angling) Regulations 2001;\n“annual season for netting”, in relation to any waters, means the period outside the annual close season for fishing in those waters using a net prescribed by the Foyle Area (Close Season) Regulations 1999;\n“brown trout” means a fish of the species Salmotrutta, but does not include sea trout;\n“catch and release” means angling without using or attempting to use any hook, other than a single barbless hook where the gape of the hook does not exceed 12 mm , or earthworm as bait and returning any salmon, sea trout or brown trout taken immediately to the waters from which it was taken without avoidable injury;\n“datum” means Mean Sea Level Belfast vertical datum;\n“the defined mouth”, in relation to the River Foyle, means the mouth of that river as defined by instrument dated 8th February 1864 made under section 17 of the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863;\n“the defined mouth”, in relation to the River Roe, means the mouth of that river as defined by the Foyle Area (Definition of the Mouth of the River Roe) Regulations 1983;\n“earthworm” means any worm of the Family Lumbricidae;\n“gape”, in relation to a fishing hook, means the distance when the hook is normally aligned between the point of the hook and the shank of the hook;\n“hook” means a hook attached to a fishing line;\n“the Loughs Agency” means the executive agency through which the Commission exercises its functions under the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 and the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952;\n“Lough Foyle” means those waters in the Foyle Area bounded on the north or seaward side by an imaginary straight line drawn between Greencastle Fort in the County of Donegal and the Martello Tower at Magilligan Point in the County of Londonderry and bounded on the south by the defined mouth of the River Foyle;\n“netting” means using any net for the purpose of taking salmon or sea trout;\n“the River Faughan Fish Counter” means the automatic fish counter situated on the River Faughan at Irish Grid reference C48887, 19995 in the townland of Campsie in the County of Londonderry;;\n“the River Finn Fish Counter” means the automatic fish counter situated on the River Finn at Irish Grid reference H20230, 94122 in the townland of Killygordon in the County of Donegal;\n“the River Foyle” means all of the River Foyle upstream of the defined mouth of the River Foyle;\n“the River Roe” means all of the river Roe upstream of the defined mouth of the River Roe;\n“the River Roe Fish Counter” means the automatic fish counter situated on the River Roe at Irish Grid reference C67257, 23910 in the townland of Drumballydonaghy in the County of Londonderry;;\n“the River Roe Gauging Station” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Gauging Station situated on the River Roe at Irish Grid reference C67323, 24644 in the townland of Ardnargle in the County of Londonderry;\n“salmon” means a fish of the species Salmosalar (Atlantic salmon);\n“sea trout” means a fish of the species Salmotrutta, which migrates to and from the sea;\n“seaward of Lough Foyle” means those waters in the Foyle Area which lie seawards of an imaginary straight line drawn between Greencastle Fort in the County of Donegal and the Martello Tower at Magilligan Point in the County of Londonderry;\n“the Sion Mills Fish Counter” means the automatic fish counter situated on the River Mourne at Sion Mills Weir at Irish Grid reference H34772, 92826 in the townland of Drumnaboy in the County of Tyrone;\n“the Sion Mills River Gauging Station” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Gauging Station situated on the River Mourne at Irish Grid reference H34779, 95969 in the townland of Drumnaboy in the County of Tyrone;\n“weekly close time”, in relation to any waters, means the weekly close time for fishing in those waters prescribed by the Foyle Area (Weekly Close Time) Regulations 1981.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to the River Mourne, the River Faughan, the River Roe or the River Finn includes a reference to the tributaries of that river.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.1.2013) by The Foyle Area (Control of Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.R. 2012/459), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 11.6.2010, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2001 No. 160 as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 400"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 482"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "26 & 27 Vict., c114"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.R. 1983 No. 181"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.R. 1981 No. 139 as amended by S.R. 1986 No. 145"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/199/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:26:47.073284+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}