Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. No. 425 of 1997).

The Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 26(1)[1], 37(1)[2] to (3), 51(2), 52(2), 70(1) and (2), 71(2)(g), 72(1), 89, 95(1) and (2), 97, 114(1)(b) and 115(1)(b)[3] of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966[4] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Agriculture, hereby makes the following Bylaws: Introductory(I); Licences, Duties and Fees (II); Appeal to the Department against the Refusal of the Board to issue or restore a Fishing Licence (III); Coarse Fishing Rod Licences (IV); Use of Single Wall Set Nets, Trammel Nets, Draft Nets and Bait Nets (V); General Restrictions on the use of Fishing Engines other than Rod and Line or Hand Line (VI); Restrictions on the use of Fishing Engines other than Rod and Line or Hand Line on Lough Neagh and Upper and Lower Lough Erne (VII); Additional and Specific Restrictions on the use of certain Nets on Lough Neagh (VIII); Additional and Specific Restrictions on the use of Nets and Boats on Upper and Lower Lough Erne (IX); Takeable size and Sale of Trout and Pollen (Commercial Fishing and Angling) (X); Mode of use of Drift Nets and Draft nets (XI); Restrictions on the Dimensions of Draft Nets and Drift Nets and on the use of Boats for Drift Netting (XII); Restrictions on Salmon Fishing in Tidal Waters (XIII); Restrictions on Methods of Fishing for Salmon and Freshwater Fish (XIV); Restrictions on Numbers and Weights of Pike to be taken by Angling (XV); Annual Close Seasons for Angling for Salmon or Trout (XVI); Annual Close Seasons and Close Times for Commercial Fishing (XVII); Prohibition on any person having undersized Pike or Perch in their possession (XVIII).