S.I. No. 602/2017 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd January, 2018.

I, Sean Kyne, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 69 of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (No. 10 of 2010) and the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 314 of 2017 ), 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 2017.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2018.

2. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 573 of 2013 ) (amended by the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 636 of 2016 )) are amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 2:

Schedule 2

Regulations 3(7), 4(8), 10, 11 and 22

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
Wexford	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	7,677
	Bride	0
	Lickey	0
	Tourig	0
Womanagh	0
Cork	Owenacurra	0
	Lower Lee	1,801
	Bandon	818
	Ilen	784
	Mealagh	191
	Coomhola	62
	Upper Lee	0
	Glengarriff	332
	Argideen	103
	Owvane	337
Adrigole	0
Kerry	Roughty	116
	Blackwater (Kerry)	0
	Sneem	695
	Waterville	403
	Caragh	1,298
	Laune including Cottoners	4,431
	Maine	255
	Castlemaine Harbour¹	606
	Behy	0
	Emlagh	0
	Owenmore	211
	Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake)	203
	Sheen	1,248
	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	658
	Mulkear	0
	Maigue	0
	Shannon River	0
	Fergus	0
	Deel	0
	Owenagarney	0
	Doonbeg	0
	Skivaleen	0
	Annageeragh	0
	Inagh	0
Aughyvackeen	0
Galway	Corrib	6,281
	Aille (Galway)	0
	Kilcolgan	0
	Clarinbridge	0
	Knock	0
Owenboliska (Spiddal)	0
Connemara	Cashla	182
	Screebe	0
	Ballynahinch	632
Lough Na Furnace	0
Ballinakill	Erriff	254
	Bundorragha	259
	Common estuary²	321
	Owenglin (Clifden)	193
	Dawros	381
	Culfin	196
	Carrownisky	0
	Bunowen	95
Owenwee (Belclare)	0
Bangor	Srahmore (Burrishoole)	0
	Carrowmore Lake	708
	Owenduff (Glenamong)	794
	Owenmore	0
	Common estuary	0
	Newport(including Lough Beltra)	417
	Glenamoy	60
	Owengarve River	0
Muingnabo	0
Ballina	Moy	16,512
	Easkey	525
	Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown)	0
	Ballinglen	0
	Brusna	0
Leaffony	0
Sligo	Ballysadare	3,545
	Drumcliff	229
	Garvogue (River Bonet and Lough Gill)	437
Grange	0
Ballyshannon	Duff	0
	Drowes	2,653
	Eany	0
	Glen	0
	Owenwee (Yellow River)	0
	Erne	0
	Eske	0
	Abbey	0
	Ballintra (Murvagh R)	0
	Laghy	0
	Oily	0
Bungosteen	0
Letterkenny	Owenea/Owentocker	0
	Gweebarra	230
	Clady	341
	Tullaghobegly	0
	Crana	0
	Gweedore (Crolly River)	0
	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

Regulations 5, 7 and 8

Fishery districts and rivers to which brown tags apply

Fishery district	River	Designated code
Cork	Coomhola	W3
Kerry	Roughty	S3
Limerick	Feale	D4
Ballinakill	Erriff	E4
Ballinakill	Bundorragha	E4
Bangor	Glenamoy	Y3
Bangor	Carrowmore	Q3
Letterkenny	Gweebarra	V3

3. The following are revoked:

(a) the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 581 of 2015 );

(b) Regulation 2(e) and (f) of the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 636 of 2016 ).

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GIVEN under my hand,

20 December 2017.

SEAN KYNE,

Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These regulations provide for, the quotas of fish that can be harvested by commercial fishing engines and rod and line from those rivers identified in Schedule 2. The Regulations also provide for the use of brown tags in specified rivers which are identified in Schedule 4.

1In the event that draft net fishing takes place in the common estuary, 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

2In the event that draft net fishing takes place in the common estuary, 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.