LegalizeS.I. No. 129/2026 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th April, 2026.
I, Timmy Dooley, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the 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 Environment, Climate and Communications (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 235 of 2025 )) and the Climate, Energy and the Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 384 of 2025 ), hereby make the following regulations:
1.
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
- (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 3 April 2026.
2.
In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 585 of 2018 ).
3.
Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended –
- (a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1):
- “(1) A distributor shall issue to the holder of a salmon rod (annual) ordinary, juvenile or district licence 7 blue tags in respect of the period 3 April to 31 August.”,
- (b) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (3):
“(3) A distributor shall issue to the holder of a salmon rod (twenty-one day) ordinary licence blue tags as follows:
(a) in respect of the period 3 April to 31 May, 1 blue tag; and
(b) in respect of the period 1 June to 31 August –
(i) 6 blue tags, where the licence commences during the period referred to in subparagraph (a) and continues into the period referred to in this subparagraph, or
(ii) 7 blue tags, where the licence commences during the period referred to in this subparagraph.”,
- (c) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (4):
- “(4) Tags issued under paragraph (3)(b) shall be issued in lots of 3 or 4 at such intervals in accordance with the notice under paragraph (9).”,
- (d) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (5):
- “(5) A distributor shall issue to the holder of a salmon rod (one-day) ordinary licence one blue tag in respect of the period 3 April to 31 August.”, and
- (e) by the deletion of paragraph (6).”.
4.
Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1):
- “(1) In addition to the tagging requirements set out in Regulation 3, where a person lawfully catches and retains a wild salmon or sea trout by rod and line during the period 3 April to 31 August in any year in respect of a river mentioned in column (2) of Schedule 4 that opens on or after 1 January in that year in accordance with bye-laws, he or she shall attach to the fish in accordance with paragraph (4) a brown tag issued to him or her under Regulation 6.”.
5.
The Principal Regulations are amended 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 maybe 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 0 Lismore Bride 0 Lismore Lickey 0 Lismore Tourig 0 Lismore Womanagh 0 Cork Owenacurra 0 Cork Lower Lee 945 Cork Bandon 1,168 Cork Ilen 266 Cork Mealagh 131 Cork Coomhola 0 Cork Upper Lee 0 Cork Glengarriff 99 Cork Argideen 0 Cork Owvane 83 Cork Adrigole 0 Kerry Roughty 245 Kerry Blackwater (Kerry) 94 Kerry Sneem 116 Kerry Waterville 404 Kerry Caragh 867 Kerry Laune including Cottoners 3,013 Kerry Maine 143 Kerry Common Estuary Castlemaine1 3,034 Kerry Behy 0 Kerry Emlagh 0 Kerry Owenmore 0 Kerry Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 0 Kerry Sheen 81 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 65 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 Skivileen 0 Limerick Annageeragh 0 Limerick Inagh 0 Limerick Aughyvackeen 0 Galway Corrib 1,162 Galway Aille (Galway) 0 Galway Kilcolgan 0 Galway Clarinbridge 0 Galway Knock 0 Galway Owenboliska (Spiddal) 0 Connemara Cashla 211 Connemara Screebe 0 Connemara Ballynahinch 0 Connemara Lough Na Furnace 0 Ballinakill Erriff 0 Ballinakill Bundorragha 189 Ballinakill Common Estuary Killary2 0 Ballinakill Owenglin (Clifden) 143 Ballinakill Dawros 358 Ballinakill Culfin 270 Ballinakill Carrownisky 0 Ballinakill Bunowen 0 Ballinakill Owenwee (Belclare) 0 Bangor Srahmore (Burrishoole) 0 Bangor Owenduff (Glenamong) 0 Bangor Carrowmore Lake 450 Bangor Owenmore 209 Bangor Common Estuary Owenmore3 0 Bangor Newport (including Lough Beltra) 0 Bangor Glenamoy 0 Bangor Owengarve River 0 Bangor Muingnabo 0 Ballina Moy 2,553 Ballina Easkey 0 Ballina Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 0 Ballina Ballinglen 0 Ballina Brusna 0 Ballina Leaffony 0 Sligo Ballysadare 807 Sligo Drumcliff 110 Sligo Garvogue (Inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet) 0 Sligo Grange 0 Ballyshannon Duff 0 Ballyshannon Drowes 1,886 Ballyshannon Eany 0 Ballyshannon Glen 0 Ballyshannon Owenwee (Yellow River) 181 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 147 Letterkenny Gweebarra 248 Letterkenny Clady 0 Letterkenny Tullaghobegly 0 Letterkenny Crana 0 Letterkenny Gweedore (Crolly River) 112 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 ”,
6.
Schedule 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the deletion of:
“Example
A fish caught on 1 May 2019 on the River Erriff in the Ballinakill District should be identifiable from its brown tag as follows:
Code ‘Inland Fisheries Ireland H4’ and a unique tag code.”.
7.
The Principal Regulations are amended 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 Codes Bangor Owenmore Q4 Bangor Carrowmore A13 Ballinakill Owenglin H4 Ballinakill Bundorragha V11 Letterkenny Owenea and Owentocker M4 Kerry Roughty T10 ”.
GIVEN under my Hand,
2 April, 2026.
TIMMY DOOLEY,
Minister of State at the Department of
Climate, Energy and the Environment.
Footnotes
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.
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.
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.
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