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.
