Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959

Penalty for use of nets during annual close season for salmon and trout.

132.—(1) If any person, during the annual close season for salmon and trout, does any of the following things—

(a) places, affixes or attaches any net to any stake, bridge, sluice or lock gates of a canal or other such fixed erections, or

(b) lays, draws or fishes with any net whatsoever, except a net being lawfully used for the taking of eels,

such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

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