S.I. No. 129/2026 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026.

(2)These Regulations shall come into operation on 3 April

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 585 of 2018 ).
3. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended – (a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph

(1): “

(1)A distributor shall issue to the holder of a salmon rod (annual) ordinary, juvenile or district licence 7 blue tags in respect of the period 3 April to 31 August.”, (b) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph

(3): “

(3)A distributor shall issue to the holder of a salmon rod (twenty-one day) ordinary licence blue tags as follows: (

1. a)in respect of the period 3 April to 31 May, 1 blue tag; and (
2. b)in respect of the period 1 June to 31 August – (
3. i)6 blue tags, where the licence commences during the period referred to in subparagraph (
4. a)and continues into the period referred to in this subparagraph, or (
5. ii)7 blue tags, where the licence commences during the period referred to in this subparagraph.”, (
6. c)by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph

(4): “

(4)Tags issued under paragraph

(3)(b) shall be issued in lots of 3 or 4 at such intervals in accordance with the notice under paragraph

(9).”, (d) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph

(5): “

(5)A distributor shall issue to the holder of a salmon rod (one-day) ordinary licence one blue tag in respect of the period 3 April to 31 August.”, and (e) by the deletion of paragraph

(6).”. 4. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph

(1): “

(1)In addition to the tagging requirements set out in Regulation 3, where a person lawfully catches and retains a wild salmon or sea trout by rod and line during the period 3 April to 31 August in any year in respect of a river mentioned in column

(2)of Schedule 4 that opens on or after 1 January in that year 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.”. 5. The Principal Regulations are amended 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 maybe 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 0 Bride 0 Lickey 0 Tourig 0 Womanagh 0 Cork Owenacurra 0 Lower Lee 945 Bandon 1,168 Ilen 266 Mealagh 131 Coomhola 0 Upper Lee 0 Glengarriff 99 Argideen 0 Owvane 83 Adrigole 0 Kerry Roughty 245 Blackwater (Kerry) 94 Sneem 116 Waterville 404 Caragh 867 Laune including Cottoners 3,013 Maine 143 Common Estuary Castlemaine1 3,034 Behy 0 Emlagh 0 Owenmore 0 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 0 Sheen 81 Inny 0 Kealincha 0 Lough Fada 0 Owenshagh 0 Cloonee 0 Finnihy 0 Owenreagh 0 Emlaghmore 0 Carhan 0 Ferta 65 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 Skivileen 0 Annageeragh 0 Inagh 0 Aughyvackeen 0 Galway Corrib 1,162 Aille (Galway) 0 Kilcolgan 0 Clarinbridge 0 Knock 0 Owenboliska (Spiddal) 0 Connemara Cashla 211 Screebe 0 Ballynahinch 0 Lough Na Furnace 0 Ballinakill Erriff 0 Bundorragha 189 Common Estuary Killary2 0 Owenglin (Clifden) 143 Dawros 358 Culfin 270 Carrownisky 0 Bunowen 0 Owenwee (Belclare) 0 Bangor Srahmore (Burrishoole) 0 Owenduff (Glenamong) 0 Carrowmore Lake 450 Owenmore 209 Common Estuary Owenmore3 0 Newport (including Lough Beltra) 0 Glenamoy 0 Owengarve River 0 Muingnabo 0 Ballina Moy 2,553 Easkey 0 Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 0 Ballinglen 0 Brusna 0 Leaffony 0 Sligo Ballysadare 807 Drumcliff 110 Garvogue (Inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet) 0 Grange 0 Ballyshannon Duff 0 Drowes 1,886 Eany 0 Glen 0 Owenwee (Yellow River) 181 Erne 0 Eske 0 Abbey 0 Ballintra (Murvagh R) 0 Laghy 0 Oily 0 Bungosteen 0 Letterkenny Owenea/Owentocker 147 Gweebarra 248 Clady 0 Tullaghobegly 0 Crana 0 Gweedore (Crolly River) 112 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 ”,

1. Schedule 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the deletion of: “Example A fish caught on 1 May 2019 on the River Erriff in the Ballinakill District should be identifiable from its brown tag as follows: Code ‘Inland Fisheries Ireland H4’ and a unique tag code.”.
2. The Principal Regulations are amended 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 Codes Bangor Owenmore Q4 Bangor Carrowmore A13 Ballinakill Owenglin H4 Ballinakill Bundorragha V11 Letterkenny Owenea and Owentocker M4 Kerry Roughty T10 ”. GIVEN under my Hand, 2 April,
3. TIMMY DOOLEY, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment. 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 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