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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 64 

Penalty for taking salmon or trout in eel weir.

64.(1) If the owner or occupier of an eel weir takes or suffers to be taken
therein any salmon or trout, he 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) Where a person is charged with an offence under this section it shall be a
good defence to prove that such salmon or trout was taken unintentionally and,
immediately upon being taken, was returned to the water without any avoidable
injury.

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