Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 669 of 2019)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. S.I. No. 669 of 2019 WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2019 2 [669] S.I. No. 669 of 2019 WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2019 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 Upper Liffey 0 Lower Liffey (downstream of Leixlip Dam) 0 Vartry 0 Wexford Slaney 0 Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2020. [669] 3 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 5,438 Bride 0 Lickey 0 Tourig 0 Womanagh 0 Cork Owenacurra 0 Lower Lee 1,072 Bandon 500 Ilen 824 Mealagh 191 Coomhola 85 Upper Lee 0 Glengarriff 303 4 [669] Argideen 0 Owvane 533 Adrigole 0 Kerry Roughty 453 Blackwater (Kerry) 0 Sneem 695 Waterville 343 Caragh 809 Laune including Cottoners 4209 Maine 343 Castlemaine Harbour1 588 Behy 0 Emlagh 0 Owenmore 210 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 265 Sheen 1,248 Inny 0 Kealincha 0 Lough Fada 0 Owenshagh 0 Cloonee 0 1 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 [669] 5 Finnihy 0 Owenreagh 0 Emlaghmore 0 Carhan 0 Ferta 72 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 5,761 Aille (Galway) 0 6 [669] Kilcolgan 0 Clarinbridge 0 Knock 0 Owenboliska (Spiddal) 0 Connemara Cashla 133 Screebe 0 Ballynahinch 280 Lough Na Furnace 0 Ballinakill Erriff 366 Bundorragha 223 Common estuary2 399 Owenglin (Clifden) 0 Dawros 511 Culfin 218 Carrownisky 0 Bunowen 0 Owenwee (Belclare) 0 Bangor Srahmore (Burrishoole) 0 Carrowmore Lake 548 Owenduff (Glenamong) 772 Owenmore 0 Common estuary 0 2 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. [669] 7 Newport (including Lough Beltra) 414 Glenamoy 133 Owengarve River 0 Muingnabo 0 Ballina Moy 11,603 Easkey 586 Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 0 Ballinglen 0 Brusna 0 Leaffony 0 Sligo Ballysadare 3,304 Drumcliff 153 Garvogue (Inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet) 0 Grange 0 Ballyshannon Duff 0 Drowes 2,512 Eany 0 Glen 0 Owenwee (Yellow River) 0 Erne 0 Eske 0 Abbey 0 Ballintra (Murvagh R) 0 8 [669] Laghy 0 Oily 0 Bungosteen 0 Letterkenny Owenea/Owentocker 0 Gweebarra 355 Clady 272 Tullaghobegly 129 Crana 99 Gweedore (Crolly River) 94 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 [669] 9 Dundalk Castletown 0 Fane 0 Glyde 0 Dee 0 Flurry 0 10 [669] 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 [669] 11 GIVEN under my hand, 18 December 2019 SEÁN CANNEY, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. 12 [669] 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. 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