
1 
These Byelaws may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment No. 2) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2000.
2 
The Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be amended as provided in Byelaws 3 to 5.
3 
In Schedule 4 in the list of rainbow trout waters where there is no annual close season for angling of rainbow trout—
(a) under the heading County Antrim there shall be inserted after the reference to “North Woodburn Reservoir” a reference to “Potterswall Reservoir”, and
(b) under the heading County Down there shall be inserted after the reference to “Finnebrogue Fisheries” a reference to “Gibson’s Lough”, and
(c) under the heading County Tyrone for the reference to “Rectory View Trout Fishery” there shall be substituted a reference “Rectory Lodge Trout Fishery”.
4 
For Byelaw 72 there shall be substituted—“
72 
Subject to Byelaws 73 to 76 the annual close season for angling for salmon, trout and rainbow trout in all waters to which Section 25 of the Act applies shall be from 1st November in each year to the last day of February in the next following year, both dates inclusive.”.
5 
For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following Schedule:“
SCHEDULE 1
Byelaws 4, 5 and 7
Part I

Fishing Licence Duty
 £
(1) (2)
Season game fishing rod licence 21·00
Eight day game fishing rod licence 10·00
One day game fishing rod licence 4·00
Additional amount payable by the holder of a Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission season game fishing rod licence to use a single game rod 17·00
Season coarse fishing rod licence 8·00
Eight day coarse fishing rod licence 4·00
Three day coarse fishing rod licence for use only by the holder of a three day coarse fishing permit issued by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure to fish in waters in which the Department has the fishing rights 2·00

Fishing Licence Duty
 £
(1) (2)
Draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh 98·00
Draft net for the capture of freshwater fish other than trout and rainbow trout on Lough Erne 63·50
Draft net for use in freshwater other than Lough Neagh or Lough Erne 248·00
Single wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout in Lough Neagh per 91 metres (100 yards) 13·50
Single wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards) 13·50
Bait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout for use as bait — per net 4·50
Fixed tidal draft net 328·50
Fixed tidal draft net which operates in the estuary of a river upstream of the defined mouth 1,487·50
Tidal draft net 272·50
Drift net for the taking of salmon in the sea 272·50
Bag net used in tidal waters 615·50
Salmon box or crib 740·50
Part III
Dealer’s Licence £41·00”
6 
The Fisheries (Licence Duties) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1998 are hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Common Seal of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland on 10th December 1999.
Dr. J. Parsons
Chairman
W. F. Smith
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 10th December 1999.
N. Carson
Senior Officer of the
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
