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“coarse fish” means any fresh water fish other than pike, salmon, trout , eels or minnow;
It is prohibited to kill more than 1 pike in any one day,
It is prohibited to kill any pike greater than 50 cm in length,
It is prohibited for any person to have in their possession more than 1 whole pike greater than
50 cm or more than 0.75 kgs of pike flesh.
i) It is prohibited for a person to have in his or her possession more than 12 fish for use as bait in fishing for pike
ii) Where a person has more than 4 coarse fish in his or her possession for use as bait in fishing for pike, the person, in respect of fish in excess of that number and subject to the paragraph i) above must have -
(a) Obtained the fish from a fish tackle dealer or fish bait supplier registered with the regional board in whose fisheries region the dealer or supplier carries on business, and
(b)Obtained and retained a receipt of their purchase.
A person shall not take and kill by any means more than 4 coarse fish on any one day.
A person shall not take and kill by any means any coarse fish greater than 25 cm in length
measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail.
Any coarse fish taken inadvertently in contravention of this Bye-law must be handled carefully
and returned without avoidable injury to the waters from which they have been taken
It is prohibited for any person, other than in the Louth Area or Moville Area, to sell or offer for sale any coarse fish caught by any means.
“Louth Area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 31 of the British –Irish Agreement Act 1999 (No.1 of 1999);
“Moville Area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 (No.5 of 1952).
It is prohibited to use or attempt to use live fish as bait in fishing in fresh water.
It is prohibited to transfer for any purpose live roach (Rutilus rutilus) from any waters to any other waters
It is prohibited to fish for pike and coarse fish by any means whatsoever other than by rod and line
A person may not attempt to fish for pike or coarse fish in freshwater with more than two (2) rods at any one time
A copy of the full bye laws governing the above regulations are available
from the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board, 15a Main Street, Blackrock, Co