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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 51

Prohibition against sale, etc., of immature salmon or trout.

51.(1) Any person who buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his
possession for sale, any salmon or trout which is immature shall be guilty of
an offence, and shall be liable on summary conviction [to a fine not exceeding
#500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such
fine and such imprisonment.]

(2) For the purposes of this section the expression "immature" means that the
fish is of a length less than that prescribed by byelaw, or, if no length is
so prescribed, of a length less than eight inches measured from the tip of the
snout to the fork or cleft of the tail.


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