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Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 42 Cited in Amendments 391 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1975 c. 51
Year1975
a firearm within the meaning of the an otter lath or jack, wire or snare;a crossline or setline;a spear, gaff,F116 tailer, stroke-haul, snatch or other like instrument;a light;have in his possession any instrument mentioned in paragraph (a) above intending to use it to take or kill F117 any such fish in any waters ; orthrow or discharge any stone or other missile for the purpose of taking or killing, or facilitating the taking or killing of F118 any such fish in any waters .(1A) In this section “ specified fish ” means fish of such description as may be specified for the purposes of this section by order under section 40A below. add any instrument to it; orremove any instrument for the time being specified in it.(2) If any person contravenes this section, he shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the act was done for the purpose of the preservation or development of a private fishery and with the previous permission in writing of F239the appropriate agency.(3) In this section—
  • “crossline” means a fishing line reaching from bank to bank across water and having attached to it one or more lures or baited hooks;
  • “otter lath or jack” includes any small boat or vessel, board, stick or other instrument, whether used with a hand line, or as auxiliary to a rod and line, or otherwise for the purpose of running out lures, artificial or otherwise;
  • “setline” means a fishing line left unattended in water and having attached to it one or more lures or baited hooks;
  • “stroke-haul or snatch” includes any instrument or device, whether used with a rod and line or otherwise, for the purpose of foul hooking any fish.
(3A) References in this section to any waters include waters adjoining the coast of England and Wales to a distance of six nautical miles measured from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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