CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT (CLOSED RIVERS) BYE-LAW NO. C. S. 318, 2014
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
INLAND FISHERIES ACTS 1959 TO 2010
CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT (CLOSED RIVERS) BYE-LAW NO. C. S. 318, 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. (1) This Bye-law may be cited as the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout (Closed Rivers) Bye-law No. 318, 2014.
(2) This Bye-law comes into operation on 1 January 2015.
2. In this Bye-law -
"catch and release" in relation to angling for fish in the waters of the rivers to which this Byelaw applies, means carefully handling any fish caught and immediately returning the fish alive to the waters;
"fish" means salmon, sea trout or a combination of both;
"salmon" means salmon of the species Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon);
"sea trout" means sea trout of the migratory form of Salmo trutta, but does not include a sea trout which is 40 centimetres or less in length measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail.
3. Notwithstanding anything contained in any bye-law fixing the annual close season, it is prohibited for a person to take, or attempt to take, by rod and line any salmon or sea trout from the waters of a river mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule opposite mention of a fishery district in column (1) of that Schedule.
4. The Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout (Closed Rivers) Bye-law No. C.S. 316, 2013 is revoked.
Schedule
Article 3
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Fishery District (1) |
River (2) |
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No. 1 or Dublin District |
Upper Liffey (upstream of Leixlip Dam) Dargle Vartry |
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No. 2 or Wexford District |
Avoca Owenavorragh |
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No. 3 or Waterford District |
Owenduff Mahon Tay |
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No. 4 or Lismore District |
Lickey Tourig Womanagh |
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No. 5 or Cork District |
Upper Lee |
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No. 7 or Kerry District |
Owenshagh Finnihy Owenreagh Emlaghmore Carhan Emlagh |
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Lee (Kerry) Behy Feohanagh Kealincha Lough Fada |
|
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No. 8 or Limerick District |
Deel Aughyvackeen Doonbeg Annageeragh Inagh Fergus Maigue Shannon (excluding Mulkear) Owengarney
|
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No. 9(1) or Galway District |
Clarinbridge Knock Aille Owenboliska, Spiddal Kilcolgan |
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No. 9(2) or Connemara District |
Lough na Furnace |
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No. 10(2) or Bangor District |
Owengarve Muingnabo |
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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) Laghy (Stream) Erne Owenwee (Yellow) |
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No. 14 or Letterkenny District |
Isle (Burn) Mill Clonmany Straid Owenamarve Swilly Donagh Culoort Glenna Glenagannon Bracky |
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No. 17(2) or Dundalk District |
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 taking or attempting to take by rod and line salmon and sea trout (over 40 cm) in the rivers specified in the Bye-law.
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.
