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

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. S.I. No. 581 of 2015 ———————— WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2015 2 [581] S.I. No. 581 of 2015 WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2015 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 Waters of the River Proposed maximum number of tags that may be issued in respect of taking wild salmon or sea trout from river (1) (2) (3) Dublin Dargle 0 Upper Liffey 0 Lower Liffey (downstream of 0 Leixlip Dam) Vartry 0 Wexford Slaney 0 Avoca 0 Owenavorragh 0 Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st January, 2016. [581] 3 Fishery district Waters of the River Proposed maximum number of tags that may be issued in respect of taking wild salmon or sea trout from river (1) (2) (3) Waterford Barrow and Pollmounty 0 Nore 0 Suir including Clodiagh, Lingaun, 0 and Waterford Blackwater Colligan 0 Corock R 0 Owenduff 0 Mahon 0 Tay 0 Lismore Blackwater (Munster) including 3,714 Glenshelane and Finisk 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 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 4 [581] Fishery district Waters of the River Proposed maximum number of tags that may be issued in respect of taking wild salmon or sea trout from river (1) (2) (3) Behy 0 Emlagh 0 Owenmore 211 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and 0 Lake) 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 [581] 5 Fishery district Waters of the River Proposed maximum number of tags that may be issued in respect of taking wild salmon or sea trout from river (1) (2) (3) 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 467 (including Lough Beltra) 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 658 Gill) Grange 0 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. 6 [581] Fishery district Waters of the River Proposed maximum number of tags that may be issued in respect of taking wild salmon or sea trout from river (1) (2) (3) 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 [581] 7 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. GIVEN under my hand, 14 December 2015. JOE MCHUGH, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. 8 [581] 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. BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH ARNA FHOILSIÚ AG OIFIG AN tSOLÁTHAIR Le ceannach díreach ó FOILSEACHÁIN RIALTAIS, 52 FAICHE STIABHNA, BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH 2 (Teil: 01 - 6476834 nó 1890 213434; Fax: 01 - 6476843) nó trí aon díoltóir leabhar. —————— DUBLIN PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased from GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, 52 ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN 2. 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