Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Removal of nets from banks of rivers during the annual close season for salmon and trout.

130.—(1) If any person engaged in fishing for salmon by means of nets of any kind or description omits or neglects to remove and carry away from any strand or from the banks of any river or from the vicinity thereof such nets during the annual close season for salmon and trout 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 two pounds and not more than ten pounds.

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