# Public Angling Estate (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/224 · made 18 May 2006

These Byelaws amend the Public Angling Estate Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2005.

Made under: Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (Section 26)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/public-angling-estate-amendment-byelaws-northern-ireland-2006/pdf/nisr_20060224_en.pdf

## Introductory text

FISHERIES
Made 18th May 2006
Coming into operation 3rd July 2006
The Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 26(1) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 , with the approval of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure , makes the following Byelaws:

## 1 Citation and Commencement

These Byelaws may be cited as the Public Angling Estate (Amendment) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 3rd July 2006.

## 2 Amendment of the Public Angling Estate Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2005

The Public Angling Estate Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2005 shall be amended as provided in Byelaws 3 to 4.

## 3 Amendment of the Public Angling Estate Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2005

In Byelaw 3 in the definition of “rainbow trout”, for the words “Salmo Gairdneri” there shall be substituted the words “Oncorhynchus Mykiss”.

## 4 Amendment of the Public Angling Estate Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2005

In the Schedule:
(a) in the entry in relation to River Bush and tributaries, after paragraph (c), there shall be added
“
(d) On the River Bush between the defined mouth of the river to a point 457 metres downstream of the Lower Road Bridge, Bushmills
Fly fishing, spinning and worm fishing
Minimum size of 25.4cm for brown trout
”
(b) in column 2 of the entry in relation to Lough Money there shall be inserted “Bait fishing for pike with barbless hooks or hooks with flattened barbs only and hook size 4 or greater. Deadbait shall be a minimum size of 100mm”;
(c) in column 2 of the entry in relation to Craigavon City Park Lakes, (a) North Lake there shall be inserted “Bait fishing for pike with barbless hooks or hooks with flattened barbs only and hook size 4 or greater. Deadbait shall be a minimum size of 100mm”;
(d) in column 2 of the entry in relation to White Lough there shall be inserted “Bait fishing for pike with barbless hooks or hooks with flattened barbs only and hook size 4 or greater. Deadbait shall be a minimum size of 100mm”.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Fisheries Conservancy Board on 17th May 2006
L.S.
Dr. R Hanna
Chairman
K.A. Simpson (Mrs)
Secretary
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure hereby approves the foregoing Byelaws.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on 18th May 2006
L.S.
M. Cory
A senior officer of the
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Byelaws)
These Byelaws amend the Public Angling Estate Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2005.
The principal changes are as follows:–
1 The species name for rainbow trout has been corrected to Oncorhynchus Mykiss (Byelaw 3).
2 A further stretch of the River Bush between the defined mouth of the river to a point 457 metres downstream of the Lower Road Bridge, Bushmills, has been added to the list of waters to which the Byelaws apply (Byelaw 4).
3 The methods of angling permitted on Lough Money, Craigavon North Lake and White Lough have been amended to include bait fishing for pike (Byelaw 4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/224 (the official version)
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