S.I. No. 581/2015 - Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st January, 2016.

I, JOE McHUGH, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 69 and 78 (3)(a)(v) of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (No. 10 of 2010) and the Energy and Natural Resources (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 585 of 2014 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2016.

2. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 573 of 2013 ) 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)	Proposed 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
	Corock R	0
	Owenduff	0
	Mahon	0
	Tay	0
Lismore	Blackwater (Munster) including Glenshelane and Finisk	3,714
	Bride	0
	Lickey	0
	Tourig	0
	Womanagh	0
Cork	Owenacurra	8
	Lower Lee	1,612
	Bandon	584
	Ilen	657
	Mealagh	191
	Coomhola	24
	Upper Lee	0
	Glengarriff	332
	Argideen	92
	Owvane	530
	Adrigole	0
Kerry	Roughty	209
	Blackwater (Kerry)	0
	Sneem	695
	Waterville	329
	Caragh}	1,327
	Laune including Cottoners}	4,537
	Maine}	924
	Castlemaine Harbour¹	763
	Behy	0
	Emlagh	0
	Owenmore	211
	Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake)	0
	Sheen	300
	Inny	289
	Kealincha	0
	Lough Fada	0
	Owenshagh	0
	Cloonee	0
	Finnihy	0
	Owenreagh	0
	Emlaghmore	0
	Carhan	0
	Ferta	117
	Owenascaul	0
	Milltown	0
	Feohanagh	0
	Lee	0
Limerick	Feale including Galey and Brick	1,452
	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	5,227
	Aille (Galway)	0
	Kilcolgan	0
	Clarinbridge	0
	Knock	0
	Owenboliska (Spiddal)	0
Connemara	Cashla	375
	Screebe	26
	Ballynahinch	1,321
	Lough Na Furnace	0
Ballinakill	Erriff}	574
	Bundorragha}	324
	Common estuary²	726
	Owenglin (Clifden)	402
	Dawros	580
	Culfin	271
	Carrownisky	0
	Bunowen	447
	Owenwee (Belclare)	33
Bangor	Srahmore (Burrishoole)	0
	Carrowmore Lake	707
	Owenduff (Glenamong}	1,268
	Owenmore	0
	Common estuary	0
	Newport(including Lough Beltra)	467
	Glenamoy	86
	Owengarve River	0
	Muingnabo	0
Ballina	Moy	19,012
	Easkey	344
	Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown)	0
	Ballinglen	0
	Brusna	0
	Leaffony	0
Sligo	Ballysadare	2,616
	Drumcliff	126
	Garvogue (River Bonet and Lough Gill)	658
	Grange	0
Ballyshannon	Duff	0
	Drowes	2,707
	Eany	0
	Glen	116
	Owenwee (Yellow River)	0
	Erne	0
	Eske	0
	Abbey	0
	Ballintra (Murvagh R)	0
	Laghy	0
	Oily	0
	Bungosteen	0
Letterkenny	Owenea/Owentocker	558
	Gweebarra	310
	Clady	219
	Tullaghobegly	0
	Crana	0
	Gweedore (Crolly River)	121
	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	81
	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
Dundalk	Glyde	F3
Cork	Coomhola	C3
Kerry	Roughty	C4
Limerick	Feale	B3
Connemara	Screebe	Z3
Ballinakill	Owenwee (Belcare)	X3
Bangor	Glenamoy	H3
Bangor	Carrowmore	A3

3. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 610 of 2014 ) are revoked.

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GIVEN under my hand,

14 December 2015.

JOE MCHUGH,

Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This 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.