Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 729/2021)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. S.I. No. 729 of 2021 WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2021 2 [729] S.I. No. 729 of 2021 WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING SCHEME (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2021 I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, 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, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 373 of 2020)), 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 2021. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2022. 2. The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 585 of 2018) are amended – (a) in Regulation 22, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (9): “ (10) A person shall not have in his or her possession any wild salmon or sea trout which he or she knows, or in the circumstances ought to know, was taken from a river other than a river mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 2.”, (b) 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 Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st December, 2021. [729] 3 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 Corrock 0 Owenduff 0 Mahon 0 Tay 0 Lismore Blackwater (Munster) including Glenshelane and Finisk 3,758 Bride 0 Lickey 0 Tourig 0 Womanagh 0 Cork Owenacurra 0 Lower Lee 628 Bandon 708 Ilen 817 Mealagh 191 4 [729] Coomhola 134 Upper Lee 0 Glengarriff 191 Argideen 0 Owvane 397 Adrigole 0 Kerry Roughty 349 Blackwater (Kerry) 0 Sneem 695 Waterville 301 Caragh 601 Laune including Cottoners 4,260 Maine 413 Common Estuary Castlemaine1 4,024 Behy 0 Emlagh 0 Owenmore 182 Croanshagh (Glanmore River and Lake) 112 Sheen 710 Inny 0 Kealincha 0 1 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. [729] 5 Lough Fada 0 Owenshagh 0 Cloonee 0 Finnihy 0 Owenreagh 0 Emlaghmore 0 Carhan 0 Ferta 92 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 6 [729] Aughyvackeen 0 Galway Corrib 4,139 Aille (Galway) 0 Kilcolgan 0 Clarinbridge 0 Knock 0 Owenboliska (Spiddal) 0 Connemara Cashla 104 Screebe 0 Ballynahinch 43 Lough Na Furnace 0 Ballinakill Erriff 693 Bundorragha 203 Common Estuary Killary2 732 Owenglin (Clifden) 60 Dawros 814 Culfin 269 Carrownisky 0 Bunowen 90 Owenwee (Belclare) 0 2 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. [729] 7 Bangor Srahmore (Burrishoole) 0 Owenduff (Glenamong) 667 Carrowmore Lake 486 Owenmore 474 Common Estuary Owenmore3 487 Newport (including Lough Beltra) 243 Glenamoy 103 Owengarve River 0 Muingnabo 0 Ballina Moy 12,555 Easkey 225 Cloonaghmore (Palmerstown) 0 Ballinglen 0 Brusna 0 Leaffony 0 Sligo Ballysadare 2,013 Drumcliff 195 Garvogue (inc. Lough Gill and River Bonet) 0 Grange 0 Ballyshannon Duff 0 3 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. 8 [729] Drowes 2,435 Eany 0 Glen 0 Owenwee (Yellow River) 117 Erne 0 Eske 0 Abbey 0 Ballintra (Murvagh R) 0 Laghy 0 Oily 0 Bungosteen 0 Letterkenny Owenea/Owentocker 340 Gweebarra 216 Clady 220 Tullaghobegly 129 Crana 237 Gweedore (Crolly River) 294 Ray 0 Lackagh 0 Leannan 0 Bracky 0 Owenamarve 0 Glenna 0 Swilly 0 [729] 9 Isle (Burn) 0 Mill 0 Clonmany 0 Straid 0 Donagh 0 Glenagannon 0 Culoort 0 Drogheda Boyne 0 Dundalk Castletown 0 Fane 0 Glyde 0 Dee 0 Flurry 0 and (c) by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 4: 10 [729] Schedule 4 Fishery districts and rivers to which brown tags apply Fishery District River Designated code Ballinakill Owenglin M4 Ballinakill Bundorragha J4 Bangor Carrowmore L4 Bangor Newport 4 C3 Connemara Ballynahinch R4 Cork Lower Lee B4 Kerry Waterville 4 D3 Letterkenny Owenea and Owentocker I4 Letterkenny Crana A4 Letterkenny Gweebarra P4 4 Brown tag to 11 May only (brown tag not required from 12 May). [729] 11 GIVEN under my Official Seal, 16 December 2021. EAMON RYAN Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. 12 [729] BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH ARNA FHOILSIÚ AG OIFIG AN tSOLÁTHAIR Le ceannach díreach ó FOILSEACHÁIN RIALTAIS, BÓTHAR BHAILE UÍ BHEOLÁIN, CILL MHAIGHNEANN, BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH 8, D08 XAO6 Teil: 046 942 3100 r-phost: publications@opw.ie —————— DUBLIN PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased from GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, MOUNTSHANNON ROAD, KILMAINHAM, DUBLIN 8, D08 XAO6 Tel: 046 942 3100 E-mail: publications@opw.ie —————— € 3.50 (IFD-10) 75. 12/21. Propylon.