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Licences issued for fishing with nets on Lough Neagh 2012
Tabled Date: 06/03/2012 Answered On Date: 09/03/2012 Question: To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure how many licences for fishing with nets in Lough Neagh her Department has issued in 2012; and for her assessment of the impact this might have on the salmon population in the 2012 season. Answer: The table below details the number of licences for fishing with nets on Lough Neagh issued by my Department up to 7 March 2012: Type of net licence + Number issued Draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh 9 Single wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout in Lough Neagh 41 Single wall set net for the taking of freshwater fish other than Trout or rainbow trout (coarse) 98 Bait net (must be used in conjunction with a long line for eels) 4 Salmon can only be legally … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, angling, carcass tag, coarse, Culture Arts and Leisure, Culture, Arts and Leisure, draft net, eels, fisheries protection officers, fishing, freshwater fish, illegal nets, licence, Lough Neagh, March, Minister, nets, north antrim, pollan, Robin Swann MLA, salmon, trout, ulster unionist
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Swann wins major fishing stocks debate
Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Cultural and Agricultural Committees, has notched up an impressive victory for the constituency’s fishing industry by winning a major debate to save endangered fish species. Assemblyman Swann is also the current North Antrim UUP Chairman, a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster and Past Chairman of the influential Rural Youth Europe organisation. He has been championing the cause and plight of North Antrim’s angling and fishing community for several years. Assemblyman Swann recently won a major debate on the issue when the Assembly passed his motion. It read: “That this Assembly notes that a number of indigenous fish species, including salmon, are being exploited by both legal and illegal fishing to the point where stocks are no longer sustainable. “It calls on the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, in partnership with … Continue reading
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Tagged angling, catch and release, Culture, Arts and Leisure, dollaghan, endangered fish species, fishing community, fishing industry, illegal nets, indigenous fish, Lough Neagh eel, NI Assembly, north antrim, North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization, Northern Ireland waters, pike, pollan, Robin Swann MLA, salmon, save, stakeholders, Stormont, sustainable, tourism, ulster unionist, UUP
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