S.I. No. 729/2021 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st December, 2021.

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 2021.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2022.

2. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 585 of 2018 ) are amended –

(a) in Regulation 22, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (9):

“ (10) A person shall not have in his or her possession any wild salmon or sea trout which he or she knows, or in the circumstances ought to know, was taken from a river other than a river mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 2.”,

(b) 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	3,758
	Bride	0
	Lickey	0
	Tourig	0
	Womanagh	0
Cork	Owenacurra	0
	Lower Lee	628
	Bandon	708
	Ilen	817
	Mealagh	191
	Coomhola	134
	Upper Lee	0
	Glengarriff	191
	Argideen	0
	Owvane	397
	Adrigole	0
Kerry	Roughty	349
	Blackwater (Kerry)	0
	Sneem	695
	Waterville	301
	Caragh	601
	Laune including Cottoners	4,260
	Maine	413
	Common Estuary Castlemaine¹	4,024
	Behy	0
	Emlagh	0
	Owenmore	182
	Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake)	112
	Sheen	710
	Inny	0
	Kealincha	0
	Lough Fada	0
	Owenshagh	0
	Cloonee	0
	Finnihy	0
	Owenreagh	0
	Emlaghmore	0
	Carhan	0
	Ferta	92
	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	4,139
	Aille (Galway)	0
	Kilcolgan	0
	Clarinbridge	0
	Knock	0
	Owenboliska (Spiddal)	0
Connemara	Cashla	104
	Screebe	0
	Ballynahinch	43
	Lough Na Furnace	0
Ballinakill	Erriff	693
	Bundorragha	203
	Common Estuary Killary²	732
	Owenglin (Clifden)	60
	Dawros	814
	Culfin	269
	Carrownisky	0
	Bunowen	90
	Owenwee (Belclare)	0
Bangor	Srahmore (Burrishoole)	0
	Owenduff (Glenamong)	667
	Carrowmore Lake	486
	Owenmore	474
	Common Estuary Owenmore³	487
	Newport (including Lough Beltra)	243
	Glenamoy	103
	Owengarve River	0
	Muingnabo	0
Ballina	Moy	12,555
	Easkey	225
	Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown)	0
	Ballinglen	0
	Brusna	0
	Leaffony	0
Sligo	Ballysadare	2,013
	Drumcliff	195
	Garvogue (inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet)	0
	Grange	0
Ballyshannon	Duff	0
	Drowes	2,435
	Eany	0
	Glen	0
	Owenwee (Yellow River)	117
	Erne	0
	Eske	0
	Abbey	0
	Ballintra (Murvagh R)	0
	Laghy	0
	Oily	0
	Bungosteen	0
Letterkenny	Owenea/Owentocker	340
	Gweebarra	216
	Clady	220
	Tullaghobegly	129
	Crana	237
	Gweedore (Crolly River)	294
	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

Schedule 4

Fishery districts and rivers to which brown tags apply

Fishery District	River	Designated code
Ballinakill	Owenglin	M4
Ballinakill	Bundorragha	J4
Bangor	Carrowmore	L4
Bangor	Newport⁴	C3
Connemara	Ballynahinch	R4
Cork	Lower Lee	B4
Kerry	Waterville⁴	D3
Letterkenny	Owenea and Owentocker	I4
Letterkenny	Crana	A4
Letterkenny	Gweebarra	P4

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 December 2021.

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 c onservation limits simultaneously.

4 Brown tag to 11 May only (brown tag not required from 12 May).