S.I. No. 741/2024 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2025.

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

2,811

Bride

0

Lickey

0

Tourig

0

Womanagh

0

Cork

Owenacurra

0

Lower Lee

1,219

Bandon

1,344

Ilen

462

Mealagh

159

Coomhola

79

Upper Lee

0

Glengarriff

89

Argideen

0

Owvane

157

Adrigole

0

Kerry

Roughty

189

Blackwater (Kerry)

80

Sneem

192

Waterville

317

Caragh

939

Laune including Cottoners

2,938

Maine

312

Common Estuary Castlemaine

1

3,425

Behy

0

Emlagh

0

Owenmore

192

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

0

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

2,471

Aille (Galway)

0

Kilcolgan

0

Clarinbridge

0

Knock

0

Owenboliska (Spiddal)

0

Connemara

Cashla

126

Screebe

0

Ballynahinch

0

Lough Na Furnace

0

Ballinakill

Erriff

0

Bundorragha

190

Common Estuary Killary

2

0

Owenglin (Clifden)

125

Dawros

505

Culfin

270

Carrownisky

0

Bunowen

0

Owenwee (Belclare)

0

Bangor

Srahmore (Burrishoole)

0

Owenduff (Glenamong)

154

Carrowmore Lake

438

Owenmore

342

Common Estuary Owenmore

3

306

Newport (including Lough Beltra)

0

Glenamoy

0

Owengarve River

0

Muingnabo

0

Ballina

Moy

6,411

Easkey

60

Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown)

0

Ballinglen

0

Brusna

0

Leaffony

0

Sligo

Ballysadare

849

Drumcliff

215

Garvogue (Inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet)

0

Grange

0

Ballyshannon

Duff

0

Drowes

2,420

Eany

0

Glen

70

Owenwee (Yellow River)

217

Erne

0

Eske

0

Abbey

0

Ballintra (Murvagh R)

0

Laghy

0

Oily

0

Bungosteen

0

Letterkenny

Owenea/Owentocker

540

Gweebarra

256

Clady

45

Tullaghobegly

67

Crana

0

Gweedore (Crolly River)

211

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

(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

Ballina

Easkey

F4

Bangor

Owenmore

L2

Bangor

Carrowmore

R5

Bangor

Owenduff

C7

Ballinakill

Owenglin

G4

Ballinakill

Bundorragha *

M1

Ballyshannon

Glen

A4

Ballyshannon

Owenwee (Yellow)

N8

Letterkenny

Clady

J4

Letterkenny

Tullaghobegley

O4

Kerry

Roughty

X9

* Brown tag from 12

th

May”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 December, 2024.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

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.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd January,

2025.

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