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Laws on salmon fishing. Is this a loop hole

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  • 29-07-2012 8:01pm
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    keyser2012
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    A friend of mine has been telling me that his cousin was caught by a baillif fishing with a bow and arrow and when he was caught, he was bringing in a salmon. The guy in question went to court and the judge threw it out because it isnt in the law that you cant take salmon from a river with one of these. Im calling this BS but this guy isnt one for telling stories so im just curious to know would this be true or not


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    antoswords
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭antoswords


    Just waiting for an avalanche of fish puns to follow.......

    I'll get it started. Sounds like your friend is talking a load of Pollocks.


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    keyser2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭keyser2012


    antoswords wrote: »
    Just waiting for an avalanche of fish puns to follow.......

    I'll get it started. Sounds like your friend is talking a load of Pollocks.



    LOL, good one,lol. He also said it was in the local paper so hes going to try and find a link for me so i can read it, ill post here when i get it


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    exador
    Registered Users Posts: 661 ✭✭✭exador


    sounds a bit fishy.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Did he tell the Trout, the whole Trout and nothing but the Trout?:)


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    Zzippy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    The only legal method to catch freshwater fish is by rod and line (Control of Fishing for Coarse Fish in Fresh Water Bye-law No. 595, 1977.).

    Bye-law title refers to coarse fish but this bye-law applies to fishing for all fish in fresh water.


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    8k2q1gfcz9s5d4
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    Its a cock and bull story.


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    jkchambers
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭jkchambers


    Was it IFI that took him to court or a waterkeeper from the local club ? If it was IFI they should have had the fisheries inspector present and he should have know this bye law and pointed it out to the solicitor/barrister so that he could point it out to the judge. In fact, when the case was brought before the judge the prosecution documents should have quoted the act or bye laws that were broken


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    Bizzum
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    jkchambers wrote: »
    If it was IFI they should have had the fisheries inspector present and he should have know this bye law and pointed it out to the solicitor/barrister so that he could point it out to the judge.

    It doesn't work like this at all.
    When a decision is made to persue a case, typically the case would be put to the solicitor well in advance of the court hearing, by the Insp/Fishery Officer.
    The defendant would be charged with the offence/s long before arriving up the steps!

    Zzippy is correct to point out Bye law No. 595, 1977.
    However there are many reasons why a case can be thrown out of court, so such a case could have be thrown out but not for the reason given by the OP.


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    jkchambers
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭jkchambers


    Bizzum wrote: »
    It doesn't work like this at all.
    When a decision is made to persue a case, typically the case would be put to the solicitor well in advance of the court hearing, by the Insp/Fishery Officer.
    The defendant would be charged with the offence/s long before arriving up the steps!

    Zzippy is correct to point out Bye law No. 595, 1977.
    However there are many reasons why a case can be thrown out of court, so such a case could have be thrown out but not for the reason given by the OP.
    I did point out in the second half of my post that the law that was broken would have been in the prosecution documents. These would include the summons issued to the defendant. I agree that there must be more to this case. I will make some calls to see whether this case was actually taken by IFI.


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