Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Penalties for fishing, otherwise than by rod and line, for salmon or trout during the weekly close time.

140.—(1) If any person fishes for or takes any salmon or trout during the weekly close time, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine of not less than ten pounds and not more than fifty pounds.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the fishing engine in respect of which the offence was committed shall, as a statutory consequence of conviction, stand forfeited.

(3) This section shall not apply to lawful fishing for or taking salmon or trout by rod and line.