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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 107

107. In this Act the expression "the annual close season for eels" means in
relation to any locality and for the purposes of the taking of eels by means
of a fishing engine of any description, other than rod and line, the period
during which it is declared by a regulation under section 15 for the time
being in force and applicable to that locality to be unlawful to fish for or
take eels by means of a fishing engine of that description, or if no period is
so prescribed,

(a)in relation to the taking of eels by means of [fishing engines which are
erected or hung in fishing weirs or are] fixed engines (other than long
lines), the period from 9th January in any year to 31st May in that year; and

(b)in relation to the taking of eels by any means other than a fishing engine
to which paragraph (a) applies (except by rod and line), the period from 9th
January in any year to 30th April in that year.

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