ANGLING BYE-LAW NO. 930, 2014
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FISHERIES ACTS 1959 TO 2010
ANGLING BYE-LAW NO. 930, 2014
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 57 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 bye-law:
- (1) This Bye-law may be cited as the Angling Bye-law No. 930, 2014.
(2) This Bye-law comes into operation on 1 January 2015.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in any Bye-law, it is prohibited for a person to use, or attempt to use, worms as bait or to use, or attempt to use, any fish hooks, other than single barbless hooks in angling for any kind of fish in the waters of a river mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule opposite the mention of a fishery district in column (1) of that Schedule.
- Angling Bye-law No. 913, 2013 is revoked.
Schedule Article 2
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Fishery District (1) |
River (2) |
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No. 1 or Dublin District |
Liffey (excluding upstream of Pollaphuca dam and the River Dodder) Dargle Vartry |
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No. 2 or Wexford District |
Avoca Owenavorragh Slaney |
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No. 3 or Waterford District |
Owenduff Mahon Tay Colligan Corrock |
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No. 4 or Lismore District |
Lickey Tourig Womanagh Bride |
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No. 5 or Cork District |
Adrigole |
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No. 7 or Kerry District |
Owenshagh Finnihy Cloonee Owenreagh Emlaghmore Carhan Emlagh Lee (Kerry) Behy Owenascaul Milltown Feohanagh Kealincha Lough Fada Blackwater |
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No. 8 or Limerick District |
Deel Skivaleen Aughyvackeen Doonbeg Annageeragh Inagh Maigue Mulkear
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No. 9(1) or Galway District |
Clarinbridge Knock Aille Owenboliska, Spiddal |
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No. 9(2) or Connemara District |
Lough na Furnace |
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No. 10(1) or Ballinakill District |
Carrownisky |
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No. 10 (2) or Bangor District |
Shramore Owengarve Muingnabo Owenmore |
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No. 11 or Ballina District |
Brusna Leaffony Ballinglen Cloonaghmore, Palmerstown |
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No. 12 Sligo District |
Grange |
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No. 13 or Ballyshannon District |
Abbey Ballintra (Murvagh) – (downstream of junction of Ballintra and Bridgetown Rivers). Laghy (Stream) Bungosteen Oily Owenwee (Yellow) Eske Eany |
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No. 14 or Letterkenny District |
Isle (Burn) Mill Clonmany Straid |
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Owenamarve Swilly Donagh Culoort Lackagh Leannan Glenna Ray Bracky Glenagannon |
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No. 17(1) or Drogheda District |
Boyne (the main channel downstream of Leinster Bridge) Kells Blackwater (downstream of the Nine Eyed Bridge) |
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No. 17(2) or Dundalk District |
Castletown Dee (that part of the river downstream of Cappogue Bridge) Flurry |
GIVEN under my hand,
22 December 2014.
JOE MCHUGH
Joe McHugh
Minister of State at the Department of Communications,
Energy and Natural Resources.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This is not part of the Bye-law and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
This Bye-law prohibits the use of any fish hooks, other than single barbless hooks, and also prohibits the use of worms as bait in angling for all species of fish in the waters specified in the Bye-law and revokes Angling Bye-law No. 913, 2013.
FOOTNOTE
Section 57 (7) of the Inland Fisheries Act, 2010 provides that any person aggrieved by this Bye-law may within 28 days after its publication in the Iris Oifigiúil, appeal against same to the High Court.
