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FOYLE FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1952 - SECT 37

37.(1) If, on any part of the coast or within any bay, estuary or tideway
thereof, any person uses any net to which this section applies with a mesh of
less size than one and three-quarter inches from knot to knot, to be measured
along the side of the square, or seven inches to be measured all round each
such mesh, such measurement being taken in the clear when the net is wet,
then, subject to sub-section (2) of this section, he shall be guilty of an
offence against this Act.

(2) The Commission may by regulation under section thirteen permit the use of
nets to which this section applies having meshes of a less size than that
specified in sub-section (1) of this section.

(3) In this section the expression "net to which this section applies" means
any net or other engine which is not formed of a rigid material and which is
used for the taking of salmon.

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