The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
These regulations amend the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Angling) Regulations 2001 by:permitting the use of bubble and fly method on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in the specified stretches of the Rivers Finn and Foyle;prohibiting the use or attempted use of matter of vegetable origin or maggots as a bait while angling on specified Department of Culture Arts and Leisure waters;providing that on any one day only 4 fish, being either brown trout or rainbow trout, or a combination of both, may be taken by rod and line and retained on specified Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure waters;increasing the minimum gape of hook permitted for use while angling for salmon, sea trout or brown trout from 7 mm to 12 mm in any other waters to which restrictions to angling to catch and release applies;permitting fly fishing only on Lough Brickland; andextending the restriction of angling to catch and release to the remainder of the River Foyle.