Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024

S.I. No. 741/2024 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Download PDF Íoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 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: 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 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) Upper Liffey Lower Liffey (downstream of Leixlip Dam) Barrow and Pollmounty Suir including Clodiagh, Lingaun, and Waterford Blackwater Blackwater (Munster) including Glenshelane and Finisk Lower Lee 462 159 79 Upper Lee 89 157 189 Blackwater (Kerry) 80 192 317 939 Laune including Cottoners 312 Common Estuary Castlemaine 192 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 81 Lough Fada Feale including Galey and Brick Upper Shannon (Above Parteen) Lower Shannon Aille (Galway) Owenboliska (Spiddal) 126 Lough Na Furnace 190 Common Estuary Killary Owenglin (Clifden) 125 505 270 Owenwee (Belclare) Srahmore (Burrishoole) Owenduff (Glenamong) 154 Carrowmore Lake 438 342 Common Estuary Owenmore 306 Newport (including Lough Beltra) Owengarve River 60 Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 849 215 Garvogue (Inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet) 70 Owenwee (Yellow River) 217 Ballintra (Murvagh R) 540 256 45 67 Gweedore (Crolly River) 211 Isle (Burn) (b) by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 4: Schedule 4 Fishery Districts and rivers to which brown tags apply Fishery District Designated code Bundorragha * Owenwee (Yellow) * Brown tag from 12 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.