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The principal changes are as follows: Byelaws 3 and 7 introduce a concessionary season fishing rod licence for specified (disadvantaged) categories of sports fishers. Byelaw 4 reduces from 18 years to 12 years, the age under which persons are exempted from the requirement to hold a fishing rod licence. Byelaw 6 replaces the requirement for any person who takes a salmon in Lough Melvin during the period from 1 February to 31 May to return it immediately to the water without avoidable injury with