NEW SUITE OF SALMON & SEA TROUT CONSERVATION MEASURES
APPLICABLE FOR 2007 - GENERAL INFORMATION SHEET
Anglers, please familiarise yourselves with these
measures as they apply to local rivers
S.I. No. 672 of 2006 - WILD SALMON AND SEA TROUT TAGGING
SCHEME (No. 2) REGULATIONS 2006
These
regulations provide, for among other things, for the quotas
of fish that can be harvested
by commercial fishing
engines and rod and line
from those rivers identified in
schedule 8 as having a surplus above the conservation limit. In the case of the
Shannon (Limerick) Fisheries Region, quotas apply to the River Feale
(4,688) and Mulcair (1,349)
CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT BYE-LAW NO. 814,
2006
This Bye-Law provides for an
annual bag limit of 10 fish for 2007, a season bag limit of
1 fish in the period 1 Jan to 12 May, a daily bag limit of 3
fish from 13 May to 31 August and a daily bag limit of 1 fish from 1 September
to the end of the season. The Bye-law also provides for the use of single hooks
and prohibits the use of worms as bait once the specified number of fish
have been caught in the specified periods and revokes the existing limit Bye
–law.
CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT BYE-LAW NO. 815,
2006
This Bye-law
provides for catch and release in respect of salmon and sea
trout (over 40 cm) in the rivers mentioned in the
Bye-law (none listed in Shannon (Limerick) Fisheries District - see Bye
Law No 287 below). This
Bye Law comes into operation on January 1st, 2007.
CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT BYE-LAW NO. C.S. 287,
2006
This Bye-Law prohibits angling for salmon and sea
trout (over 40 cm) in the rivers specified in the Bye-law.
In the case of the Shannon
(Limerick) Fisheries District this applies to Rivers Brick, Galey,
Deel, Owenagarney (Ratty), Skivileen, Aughyvackeen. Doonbeg, Annageeragh, Inagh,
Fergus, Maigue, Shannon (excluding Mulkear)
S.I. No. 670 of 2006 - SALMON ROD ORDINARY ROD LICENCES
(Alteration of Licence Duties) ORDER 2006
This Order prescribes the licence fees payable from 1 January
2007 in respect of salmon rod ordinary fishing licences and the Foyle Area
extension licence including a salmon conservation levy equivalent to 50% of the
licence fee. The proceeds of this levy will be invested in wild salmon
management initiatives designed to rehabilitate wild salmon stocks and habitats.
S.I. No. 628 of 2006 - FISHERIES (Commercial
Fishing Licences) (Alteration of Duties and Fees) ORDER 2006
This order prescribes the licence
fees to be payable from 1 January, 2007 in respect of salmon commercial fishing
licences including a salmon conservation levy equivalent to 50% of the licence
fee. The proceeds of this levy will be invested in wild salmon management
initiatives designed to rehabilitate wild salmon stocks and habitats. The Order
also prescribes the licence fees to be payable in respect of eel and oyster
commercial fishing licences and salmon, eel and molluscan shellfish dealers’
licences issued or renewed for a period commencing on or after 1 January 2007.
