LegalizeS.I. No. 669/2019 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2020.
I, SEÁN CANNEY, 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) (as adapted by the Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2016 ( S.I. No. 421 of 2016 )) and the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2018 ( S.I. No. 472 of 2018 ), 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 2019.
- (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2020.
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 |
| Dublin | Upper Liffey | 0 |
| Dublin | Lower Liffey (downstream of Leixlip Dam) | 0 |
| Dublin | Vartry | 0 |
| Wexford | Slaney | 0 |
| Wexford | Avoca | 0 |
| Wexford | Owenavorragh | 0 |
| Waterford | Barrow and Pollmounty | 0 |
| Waterford | Nore | 0 |
| Waterford | Suir including Clodiagh, Lingaun, and Waterford Blackwater | 0 |
| Waterford | Colligan | 0 |
| Waterford | Corrock | 0 |
| Waterford | Owenduff | 0 |
| Waterford | Mahon | 0 |
| Waterford | Tay | 0 |
| Lismore | Blackwater (Munster) including Glenshelane and Finisk | 5,438 |
| Lismore | Bride | 0 |
| Lismore | Lickey | 0 |
| Lismore | Tourig | 0 |
| Lismore | Womanagh | 0 |
| Cork | Owenacurra | 0 |
| Cork | Lower Lee | 1,072 |
| Cork | Bandon | 500 |
| Cork | Ilen | 824 |
| Cork | Mealagh | 191 |
| Cork | Coomhola | 85 |
| Cork | Upper Lee | 0 |
| Cork | Glengarriff | 303 |
| Cork | Argideen | 0 |
| Cork | Owvane | 533 |
| Cork | Adrigole | 0 |
| Kerry | Roughty | 453 |
| Kerry | Blackwater (Kerry) | 0 |
| Kerry | Sneem | 695 |
| Kerry | Waterville | 343 |
| Kerry | Caragh | 809 |
| Kerry | Laune including Cottoners | 4209 |
| Kerry | Maine | 343 |
| Kerry | Castlemaine Harbour1 | 588 |
| Kerry | Behy | 0 |
| Kerry | Emlagh | 0 |
| Kerry | Owenmore | 210 |
| Kerry | Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) | 265 |
| Kerry | Sheen | 1,248 |
| Kerry | Inny | 0 |
| Kerry | Kealincha | 0 |
| Kerry | Lough Fada | 0 |
| Kerry | Owenshagh | 0 |
| Kerry | Cloonee | 0 |
| Kerry | Finnihy | 0 |
| Kerry | Owenreagh | 0 |
| Kerry | Emlaghmore | 0 |
| Kerry | Carhan | 0 |
| Kerry | Ferta | 72 |
| Kerry | Owenascaul | 0 |
| Kerry | Milltown | 0 |
| Kerry | Feohanagh | 0 |
| Kerry | Lee | 0 |
| Limerick | Feale including Galey and Brick | 0 |
| Limerick | Mulkear | 0 |
| Limerick | Maigue | 0 |
| Limerick | Upper Shannon (Above Parteen) | 0 |
| Limerick | Lower Shannon | 0 |
| Limerick | Fergus | 0 |
| Limerick | Deel | 0 |
| Limerick | Owenagarney | 0 |
| Limerick | Doonbeg | 0 |
| Limerick | Skivaleen | 0 |
| Limerick | Annageeragh | 0 |
| Limerick | Inagh | 0 |
| Limerick | Aughyvackeen | 0 |
| Galway | Corrib | 5,761 |
| Galway | Aille (Galway) | 0 |
| Galway | Kilcolgan | 0 |
| Galway | Clarinbridge | 0 |
| Galway | Knock | 0 |
| Galway | Owenboliska (Spiddal) | 0 |
| Connemara | Cashla | 133 |
| Connemara | Screebe | 0 |
| Connemara | Ballynahinch | 280 |
| Connemara | Lough Na Furnace | 0 |
| Ballinakill | Erriff | 366 |
| Ballinakill | Bundorragha | 223 |
| Ballinakill | Common estuary2 | 399 |
| Ballinakill | Owenglin (Clifden) | 0 |
| Ballinakill | Dawros | 511 |
| Ballinakill | Culfin | 218 |
| Ballinakill | Carrownisky | 0 |
| Ballinakill | Bunowen | 0 |
| Ballinakill | Owenwee (Belclare) | 0 |
| Bangor | Srahmore (Burrishoole) | 0 |
| Bangor | Carrowmore Lake | 548 |
| Bangor | Owenduff (Glenamong) | 772 |
| Bangor | Owenmore | 0 |
| Bangor | Common estuary | 0 |
| Bangor | Newport (including Lough Beltra) | 414 |
| Bangor | Glenamoy | 133 |
| Bangor | Owengarve River | 0 |
| Bangor | Muingnabo | 0 |
| Ballina | Moy | 11,603 |
| Ballina | Easkey | 586 |
| Ballina | Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) | 0 |
| Ballina | Ballinglen | 0 |
| Ballina | Brusna | 0 |
| Ballina | Leaffony | 0 |
| Sligo | Ballysadare | 3,304 |
| Sligo | Drumcliff | 153 |
| Sligo | Garvogue (Inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet) | 0 |
| Sligo | Grange | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Duff | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Drowes | 2,512 |
| Ballyshannon | Eany | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Glen | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Owenwee (Yellow River) | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Erne | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Eske | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Abbey | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Ballintra (Murvagh R) | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Laghy | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Oily | 0 |
| Ballyshannon | Bungosteen | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Owenea/Owentocker | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Gweebarra | 355 |
| Letterkenny | Clady | 272 |
| Letterkenny | Tullaghobegly | 129 |
| Letterkenny | Crana | 99 |
| Letterkenny | Gweedore (Crolly River) | 94 |
| Letterkenny | Ray | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Lackagh | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Leannan | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Bracky | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Owenamarve | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Glenna | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Swilly | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Isle (Burn) | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Mill | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Clonmany | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Straid | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Donagh | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Glenagannon | 0 |
| Letterkenny | Culoort | 0 |
| Drogheda | Boyne | 0 |
| Dundalk | Castletown | 0 |
| Dundalk | Fane | 0 |
| Dundalk | Glyde | 0 |
| Dundalk | Dee | 0 |
| Dundalk | 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 |
| Cork | Lower Lee | M4 |
| Ballinakill | Erriff | N4 |
| Ballinakill | Bundorragha | P4 |
| Bangor | Carrowmore | S4 |
| Letterkenny | Gweebarra | R4 |
| Letterkenny | Crana | B4 |
GIVEN under my hand,
18 December 2019
SEÁN CANNEY,
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.
Footnotes
In 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
In 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.
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