S.I. No. 636/2016 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

(3)(a)(v) of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (No. 10 of 2010) and the Energy and Natural Resources (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2016 ( S.I. No. 420 of 2016 )(as adapted by the Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2016 ( S.I. No. 421 of 2016 ), after consultation with Inland Fisheries Ireland, hereby make the following regulations: 1.

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

(2)These Regulations come into operation on 1 January

2. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 573 of 2013 ) (as amended by the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 581 of 2015 ) are amended— (a) in Regulation 5, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph

(1): “

(1)In addition to the tagging requirements contained in Regulation 3, where a person lawfully catches and retains a wild salmon or sea trout by rod and line during the period from 1 January to 30 September in any year in respect of a river mentioned in column

(2)of Schedule 4 that opens on or after 1 January in accordance with bye-laws, he or she shall attach to the fish in accordance with paragraph

(4)a brown tag issued to him or her under Regulation 6.”, (b) in Regulation 7

(1), by the substitution of “a river mentioned in Schedule 4” for “a river mentioned in Part 1 and Part 2 of Schedule 4”, (c) in Regulation 8

(1), by the substitution of “a river mentioned in column

(2)of Schedule 4 opposite mention, in column

(1)of that Schedule” for “a river mentioned in column

(2)of Part 1 and column

(2)of Part 2 of Schedule 4 opposite mention, in column

(1)of Part 1 and column

(1)of Part 2, as the case may be, of that Schedule”, (d) in Regulation 21, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph

(2): “

(2)This Regulation does not apply to any wild salmon or sea trout tagged in accordance with these Regulations which is purchased bona fide from a person fishing under a commercial fishing licence by or on behalf of a person for personal or for private leisure consumption.”, (e) by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 2: Schedule 2 Regulations 3

(7), 4

(8), 10, 11 and 22 Rivers Total Allowable Catch Fishery district

(1)Waters of the River

(2)Maximum number of tags that may be issued in respect of taking wild salmon or sea trout from river

(3)Dublin Dargle 0 Upper Liffey 0 Lower Liffey (downstream of Leixlip Dam) 0 Vartry 0 Wexford Slaney 0 Avoca 0 Owenavorragh 0 Waterford Barrow and Pollmounty 0 Nore 0 Suir including Clodiagh, Lingaun, and Waterford Blackwater 0 Colligan 0 Corrock 0 Owenduff 0 Mahon 0 Tay 0 Lismore Blackwater (Munster) including Glenshelane and Finisk 5,670 Bride 0 Lickey 0 Tourig 0 Womanagh 0 Cork Owenacurra 0 Lower Lee 1,819 Bandon 797 Ilen 517 Mealagh 191 Coomhola 43 Upper Lee 0 Glengarriff 332 Argideen 143 Owvane 412 Adrigole 0 Kerry Roughty 117 Blackwater (Kerry) 0 Sneem 695 Waterville 404 Caragh 1,348 Laune including Cottoners 4,560 Maine 272 Castlemaine Harbour1 607 Behy 0 Emlagh 0 Owenmore 211 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 157 Sheen 1,001 Inny 53 Kealincha 0 Lough Fada 0 Owenshagh 0 Cloonee 0 Finnihy 0 Owenreagh 0 Emlaghmore 0 Carhan 0 Ferta 109 Owenascaul 0 Milltown 0 Feohanagh 0 Lee 0 Limerick Feale including Galey and Brick 954 Mulkear 0 Maigue 0 Shannon River 0 Fergus 0 Deel 0 Owenagarney 0 Doonbeg 0 Skivaleen 0 Annageeragh 0 Inagh 0 Aughyvackeen 0 Galway Corrib 5,470 Aille (Galway) 0 Kilcolgan 0 Clarinbridge 0 Knock 0 Owenboliska (Spiddal) 0 Connemara Cashla 230 Screebe 0 Ballynahinch 829 Lough Na Furnace 0 Ballinakill Erriff 114 Bundorragha 304 Common estuary2 180 Owenglin (Clifden) 205 Dawros 454 Culfin 271 Carrownisky 0 Bunowen 310 Owenwee (Belclare) 0 Bangor Srahmore (Burrishoole) 0 Carrowmore Lake 707 Owenduff (Glenamong) 979 Owenmore 0 Common estuary 0 Newport(including Lough Beltra) 416 Glenamoy 0 Owengarve River 0 Muingnabo 0 Ballina Moy 14,925 Easkey 374 Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 0 Ballinglen 0 Brusna 0 Leaffony 0 Sligo Ballysadare 3,350 Drumcliff 90 Garvogue (River Bonet and Lough Gill) 732 Grange 0 Ballyshannon Duff 0 Drowes 2,545 Eany 0 Glen 0 Owenwee (Yellow River) 0 Erne 0 Eske 0 Abbey 0 Ballintra (Murvagh R) 0 Laghy 0 Oily 0 Bungosteen 0 Letterkenny Owenea/Owentocker 320 Gweebarra 209 Clady 195 Tullaghobegly 0 Crana 0 Gweedore (Crolly River) 156 Ray 0 Lackagh 0 Leannan 0 Bracky 0 Owenamarve 0 Glenna 0 Swilly 0 Isle (Burn) 0 Mill 0 Clonmany 0 Straid 0 Donagh 0 Glenagannon 0 Culoort 0 Drogheda Boyne 0 Dundalk Castletown 0 Fane 0 Glyde 175 Dee 0 Flurry 0 (

1. f)by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 4: Schedule 4 Regulations 5, 7 and 8 Fishery districts and rivers to which brown tags apply Fishery district River Designated code Dundalk Glyde G3 Cork Coomhola M3 Kerry Roughty L3 Kerry Inny O3 Limerick Feale F3 Ballinakill Erriff K3 Ballinakill Bundorragha K3 Bangor Carrowmore D3 and (
2. g)by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 6: Schedule 6 Regulations 14, 17 and 20 Offices of IFI Inland Fisheries Ireland, 3044 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, D24 Y265, Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Teach Breac, Earls Island, Galway, H91 K6D2 Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Anglesea Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, E91 RD25, Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ardnaree House, Abbey Street, Ballina, Co Mayo, F26 KO29 Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Sunnyside House, Macroom, Co. Cork, P12 X602, Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Station Road, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, F94 WV76 Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ashbourne Business Park, Dock Road, Limerick, V94 NPEO, Ireland. GIVEN under my hand, 20 December 2016. SEAN KYNE, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) These regulations provide for, the quotas of fish that can be harvested by commercial fishing engines and rod and line from those rivers identified in Schedule 2. The Regulations also provide for the use of brown tags in specified rivers which are identified in Schedule 4. 1In the event that draft net fishing takes place in the common estuary, the combined total allowable catch of the rivers Caragh, Laune and Maine contributing to the fishery is reduced to reflect the higher risk associated with meeting the individual river conservation limits simultaneously 2In the event that draft net fishing takes place in the common estuary, the combined total allowable catch of the rivers Erriff and Bundorragha contributing to the fishery is reduced to reflect the higher risk associated with meeting the individual river conservation limits simultaneously. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais