Public angling estate permit and licenses prices for 2010
Monday, 21 December 2009Nelson McCausland MLA, the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, has announced the cost of angling permits and licences for 2010.
The Minister said: "I announced in July that in light of the current economic climate there would be no increase in the cost of angling licences for 2010. Taking into consideration the considerable social and economic benefits which angling in Northern Ireland provides, I have now also decided that there should be no increase in the cost of angling permits for 2010.
"I hope this encourages more use of the facilities offered by the Public Angling Estate which provides a variety of opportunities for angling at a reasonable cost."
The Department continues to publish its Angling Guide in two parts to provide separate information on the Game and Coarse Fisheries in the Public Angling Estate. An updated disabled angling guide is also being produced in time for the 2010 season which will provide detailed information on all the Public Angling Estate fisheries with facilities for anglers with disabilities. A copy of the appropriate guides will be available free of charge to everyone who buys a DCAL permit and licence and may be obtained either through our authorised distributors or directly from the Department.
The Department’s angling website remains very popular with many anglers, including visitors and tourists. It is also a useful source of information to help keep anglers aware of developments and issues regarding the Public Angling Estate.
Notes to editors:
1 Latest available figures indicate that nearly 26,000 angling licences were sold in Northern Ireland in 2008.
2 The 2010 permit and licence prices, including VAT, are as follows:
Permits
General Season - £63.00
Juvenile - £2.00
Local Season Game - £47.50
14-day general game - £15.00
3-day general game - £5.00
Coarse Season - £23.50
14-day coarse (2 rods) - £9.00
3-day coarse (2 rods) - £4.50
*Concessionary Game / Coarse - £15.00
(* Concessionary Permit for anglers with a disability and anglers over 60 years of age.)
Licences
Game Season - £17.00
Game 14 Day - £9.00
Game 3 Day – £3.50
**Game Season (Disabled) - £5.00
Game Season (OAP) (60 or over) - £5.00
Game Season (Juvenile) (12-19 yrs) - £2.00
Joint Game 14 Day - £24.00
Joint Game 3 Day - £8.50
Foyle Endorsement - £1.00
Coarse Season - £17.00
Coarse 14 Day - £9.00
Coarse 3 Day - £3.50
**Coarse Season (Disabled) - £5.00
Coarse (OAP) (60 or over) - £5.00
Coarse Season (Juvenile) (12-19 yrs) £2.00
Joint Coarse 3 Day - £8.00
Joint Coarse 14 Day - £18.00
(** Available through Portadown Fisheries only)
3 The 61 fisheries in the Department’s Public Angling Estate offer a wide variety of fishing, including wild salmon and trout angling, stocked brown and rainbow trout fisheries and a variety of coarse fisheries. It consists of: Forty eight game fisheries; Eighteen coarse fisheries; One mixed fishery; and The renowned brown trout and coarse fishing on Upper and Lower Lough Erne
4 Further information on all permit and licence prices is available from Inland Fisheries Group, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, 7th floor, Causeway Exchange, 1-7 Bedford Street, Belfast BT1 7FB. Telephone 028 9051 5112 or e-mail: michael.mcanallen@dcalni.gov.uk
5 Press enquiries should be made to DCAL Press Office, tel: 028 9051 5047 or by email to: DCAL Press Office.
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