Decree No. 258 of 1996 placing restrictions on salmon fishing in the Finnish territorial waters and the Fisheries Zone in the Baltic proper and the Gulf of Bothnia including parts of the Simojoki.

Section 2 places restrictions upon salmon fishing in the marine areas to which this Regulation applies. Section 3 places restrictions on fishing in the river mouth of the Simojoki. Fixed and floating fishing lines are prohibited in specified areas and specified periods in the marine areas. It is prohibited to use nets from the 1st of July until the 15th of July of each year in the river mouth of the Simojoki. Section 4 provides for fishing in other specified areas of the Simojoki where it is prohibited to use nets from the 1st May until the 30th of November of each year. (6 sections)