Fisheries (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (Chapter 4 of 2001).

This Act amends the Fisheries Act 1966 so as to: (a) grant powers to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to regulate fisheries (in particular the collection of wild shellfish) on the foreshore around the coast of Northern Ireland for various reasons including the protection of the environment and to permit the trade in farmed salmon roe: (b) to grant powers to the Fisheries Conservancy Board in relation with the reinstatement of polluted waters and the disturbance of spawning beds and to manage and protect fisheries; and (c) provide with respect to the issue of fishing permits and licences.