S.I. No. 685/2022 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2023.

2. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 (

S.I. No. 585 of 2018

) are amended –

(a) 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

4,448

Bride

0

Lickey

0

Tourig

0

Womanagh

0

Cork

Owenacurra

0

Lower Lee

759

Bandon

842

Ilen

595

Mealagh

164

Coomhola

112

Upper Lee

0

Glengarriff

182

Argideen

0

Owvane

208

Adrigole

0

Kerry

Roughty

306

Blackwater (Kerry)

0

Sneem

664

Waterville

320

Caragh

1,043

Laune including Cottoners

4,473

Maine

424

Common Estuary Castlemaine

1

4,697

Behy

0

Emlagh

0

Owenmore

210

Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake)

147

Sheen

421

Inny

0

Kealincha

0

Lough Fada

0

Owenshagh

0

Cloonee

0

Finnihy

0

Owenreagh

0

Emlaghmore

0

Carhan

0

Ferta

63

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

3,331

Aille (Galway)

0

Kilcolgan

0

Clarinbridge

0

Knock

0

Owenboliska (Spiddal)

0

Connemara

Cashla

159

Screebe

0

Ballynahinch

64

Lough Na Furnace

0

Ballinakill

Erriff

461

Bundorragha

207

Common Estuary Killary

2

568

Owenglin (Clifden)

93

Dawros

742

Culfin

270

Carrownisky

52

Bunowen

215

Owenwee (Belclare)

0

Bangor

Srahmore (Burrishoole)

0

Owenduff (Glenamong)

560

Carrowmore Lake

485

Owenmore

434

Common Estuary Owenmore

3

445

Newport

(including Lough Beltra)

272

Glenamoy

0

Owengarve River

0

Muingnabo

0

Ballina

Moy

12,159

Easkey

188

Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown)

0

Ballinglen

0

Brusna

0

Leaffony

0

Sligo

Ballysadare

894

Drumcliff

185

Garvogue (Inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet)

0

Grange

0

Ballyshannon

Duff

0

Drowes

2,286

Eany

0

Glen

0

Owenwee (Yellow River)

95

Erne

0

Eske

0

Abbey

0

Ballintra (Murvagh R)

0

Laghy

0

Oily

0

Bungosteen

0

Letterkenny

Owenea/Owentocker

283

Gweebarra

157

Clady

80

Tullaghobegly

74

Crana

221

Gweedore (Crolly River)

313

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

102

Glyde

0

Dee

0

Flurry

0”

and

(b) 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

D3

Ballinakill

Bundorragha

H4

Ballinakill

Carrownisky

K3

Bangor

Owenmore

A4

Bangor

Carrowmore

O4

Bangor

Newport

4

N3

Connemara

Ballynahinch

P3

Cork

Lower Lee

N4

Dundalk

Fane

F4

Letterkenny

Clady

S4

Letterkenny

Owenea and Owentocker

G4

Letterkenny

Crana

Q4”

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 December, 2022.

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 conservation limits simultaneously.

4 Brown Tag to 11

th

May only (brown tag not required from 12

th

May)

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

20

th December,

2022.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 69

of the

Inland Fisheries Act 2010

(No. 10 of 2010) (as adapted by the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 373 of 2020

)), after consultation with Inland Fisheries Ireland, hereby make the following regulations