ISFC Rules for Specimen Fish Claimants

3. Weighing

Fish must be weighed in the presence of independent, reliable witnesses on a properly certified scales, e.g., a shop scales or an official club scales which is covered by a certificate from the Weights and Measures Officer.

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02/02/12 The New Fish Scale calibration service for anglers has just been launched on the NSAI website (www.nsai.ie). Anglers can drop or post their scales to Paul Turner, NSAI, National Metrology Laboratory (NML), Griffith Avenue Extension, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. The charge for this service is €50 and this includes return carriage of the scale and certificate to the angler’s home address.

Scales must be working and clean to be tested and must be adequately packed if posted. NML requests that anglers download the on-line form and fill in the detail including name and address, make and model of scale, method of payment (cheque or credit/Laser card) and forward with the scale to the NML in Dublin. Links below to service details, contact details, payment form and NML location map.

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Claims cannot be accepted in respect of fish weighed on scales inappropriate to the size of the fish, e.g., fish in the 1 to 3 kg range weighed on balances weighing up to 50 kg or over and graduated in large divisions. Where weights are in large divisions (e.g. 1 lb/1 kg divisions) the weight of a fish must be rounded DOWN to the nearest actual division.

CLAIMS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED IN THE CASE OF FISH WHICH HAVE BEEN WEIGHED ON BOARD A BOAT, UNLESS WEIGHED ON A CERTIFIED MOTIONCOMPENSATED BALANCE.

Please note: All club and personal scales MUST be certified annually by an independent agency. Weighing scales must be covered by a Certificate of Accuracy at the time of weighing. They cannot be certified in retrospect, i.e. after the fish has been weighed.