S.I. No. 729/2021 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2)These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January

2. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 585 of 2018 ) are amended – (a) in Regulation 22, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph

(9): “

(10)A person shall not have in his or her possession any wild salmon or sea trout which he or she knows, or in the circumstances ought to know, was taken from a river other than a river mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 2.”, (b) by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 2: Schedule 2 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 3,758 Bride 0 Lickey 0 Tourig 0 Womanagh 0 Cork Owenacurra 0 Lower Lee 628 Bandon 708 Ilen 817 Mealagh 191 Coomhola 134 Upper Lee 0 Glengarriff 191 Argideen 0 Owvane 397 Adrigole 0 Kerry Roughty 349 Blackwater (Kerry) 0 Sneem 695 Waterville 301 Caragh 601 Laune including Cottoners 4,260 Maine 413 Common Estuary Castlemaine1 4,024 Behy 0 Emlagh 0 Owenmore 182 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 112 Sheen 710 Inny 0 Kealincha 0 Lough Fada 0 Owenshagh 0 Cloonee 0 Finnihy 0 Owenreagh 0 Emlaghmore 0 Carhan 0 Ferta 92 Owenascaul 0 Milltown 0 Feohanagh 0 Lee 0 Limerick Feale including Galey and Brick 0 Mulkear 0 Maigue 0 Upper Shannon (Above Parteen) 0 Lower Shannon 0 Fergus 0 Deel 0 Owenagarney 0 Doonbeg 0 Skivaleen 0 Annageeragh 0 Inagh 0 Aughyvackeen 0 Galway Corrib 4,139 Aille (Galway) 0 Kilcolgan 0 Clarinbridge 0 Knock 0 Owenboliska (Spiddal) 0 Connemara Cashla 104 Screebe 0 Ballynahinch 43 Lough Na Furnace 0 Ballinakill Erriff 693 Bundorragha 203 Common Estuary Killary2 732 Owenglin (Clifden) 60 Dawros 814 Culfin 269 Carrownisky 0 Bunowen 90 Owenwee (Belclare) 0 Bangor Srahmore (Burrishoole) 0 Owenduff (Glenamong) 667 Carrowmore Lake 486 Owenmore 474 Common Estuary Owenmore3 487 Newport (including Lough Beltra) 243 Glenamoy 103 Owengarve River 0 Muingnabo 0 Ballina Moy 12,555 Easkey 225 Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 0 Ballinglen 0 Brusna 0 Leaffony 0 Sligo Ballysadare 2,013 Drumcliff 195 Garvogue (inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet) 0 Grange 0 Ballyshannon Duff 0 Drowes 2,435 Eany 0 Glen 0 Owenwee (Yellow River) 117 Erne 0 Eske 0 Abbey 0 Ballintra (Murvagh R) 0 Laghy 0 Oily 0 Bungosteen 0 Letterkenny Owenea/Owentocker 340 Gweebarra 216 Clady 220 Tullaghobegly 129 Crana 237 Gweedore (Crolly River) 294 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 (c) by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 4: Schedule 4 Fishery districts and rivers to which brown tags apply Fishery District River Designated code Ballinakill Owenglin M4 Ballinakill Bundorragha J4 Bangor Carrowmore L4 Bangor Newport4 C3 Connemara Ballynahinch R4 Cork Lower Lee B4 Kerry Waterville4 D3 Letterkenny Owenea and Owentocker I4 Letterkenny Crana A4 Letterkenny Gweebarra P4 GIVEN under my Official Seal, 16 December 2021. EAMON RYAN Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. 1 In the event that draft net fishing takes place in the Common Estuary Castlemaine, 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. 2 In the event that draft net fishing takes place in the Common Estuary Killary, 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. 3 In the event that draft net fishing takes place in the Common Estuary Owenmore, the combined total allowable catch of the Owenmore and Carrowmore contributing to the fishery is reduced to reflect the higher risk associated with meeting the individual river c onservation limits simultaneously. 4 Brown tag to 11 May only (brown tag not required from 12 May). 4 Brown tag to 11 May only (brown tag not required from 12 May). 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