S.I. No. 602/2017 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2017

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2017.

(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 ) (amended by the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 636 of 2016 )) are amended— (a) 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 7,677 Bride 0 Lickey 0 Tourig 0 Womanagh 0 Cork Owenacurra 0 Lower Lee 1,801 Bandon 818 Ilen 784 Mealagh 191 Coomhola 62 Upper Lee 0 Glengarriff 332 Argideen 103 Owvane 337 Adrigole 0 Kerry Roughty 116 Blackwater (Kerry) 0 Sneem 695 Waterville 403 Caragh 1,298 Laune including Cottoners 4,431 Maine 255 Castlemaine Harbour1 606 Behy 0 Emlagh 0 Owenmore 211 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 203 Sheen 1,248 Inny 0 Kealincha 0 Lough Fada 0 Owenshagh 0 Cloonee 0 Finnihy 0 Owenreagh 0 Emlaghmore 0 Carhan 0 Ferta 0 Owenascaul 0 Milltown 0 Feohanagh 0 Lee 0 Limerick Feale including Galey and Brick 658 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 6,281 Aille (Galway) 0 Kilcolgan 0 Clarinbridge 0 Knock 0 Owenboliska (Spiddal) 0 Connemara Cashla 182 Screebe 0 Ballynahinch 632 Lough Na Furnace 0 Ballinakill Erriff 254 Bundorragha 259 Common estuary2 321 Owenglin (Clifden) 193 Dawros 381 Culfin 196 Carrownisky 0 Bunowen 95 Owenwee (Belclare) 0 Bangor Srahmore (Burrishoole) 0 Carrowmore Lake 708 Owenduff (Glenamong) 794 Owenmore 0 Common estuary 0 Newport(including Lough Beltra) 417 Glenamoy 60 Owengarve River 0 Muingnabo 0 Ballina Moy 16,512 Easkey 525 Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 0 Ballinglen 0 Brusna 0 Leaffony 0 Sligo Ballysadare 3,545 Drumcliff 229 Garvogue (River Bonet and Lough Gill) 437 Grange 0 Ballyshannon Duff 0 Drowes 2,653 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 0 Gweebarra 230 Clady 341 Tullaghobegly 0 Crana 0 Gweedore (Crolly River) 0 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 0 Dee 0 Flurry 0 and (

1. b)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 Cork Coomhola W3 Kerry Roughty S3 Limerick Feale D4 Ballinakill Erriff E4 Ballinakill Bundorragha E4 Bangor Glenamoy Y3 Bangor Carrowmore Q3 Letterkenny Gweebarra V3 3. The following are revoked: (
2. a)the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 581 of 2015 ); (
3. b)Regulation 2(
4. e)and (
5. f)of the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 636 of 2016 ). GIVEN under my hand, 20 December 2017. 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