CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT (RIVER SUIR) BYE- LAW NO. 932, 2014.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
INLAND FISHERIES ACTS 1959 TO 2010
CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT (RIVER SUIR) BYE-
LAW NO. 932, 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:
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(1) This Bye-law may be cited as the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout (River Suir) Bye-law No. 932, 2014
(2) This Bye-law comes into operation on 17 March 2015.
- In this Bye-law -“catch and release” in relation to angling for fish in the specified waters, 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 Salmon 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;
“specified waters” means the waters of the Rivers Suir, Clodiagh, Lingaun and Blackwater in the No. 3 or Waterford District.
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Notwithstanding Article 3 of the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout (Catch and Release) Bye-law No. 929 2014, a person shall not, between 17 March and 30 September (inclusive) 2015, by rod and line.
- take any fish other than by catch and release from the specified waters, or
- use or attempt to use worms, prawn, shrimp or any other crustacean or artificial forms thereof as bait or any fish hooks, other than single barbless hooks, in angling for fish in the specified waters.
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 provides for catch and release in angling for salmon (any size)and sea trout (over 40cm) in the River Suir (including the waters of the Rivers Clodiagh,Lingaun and Blackwater) and also prohibits the use of worms, prawn, shrimp or any other crustacean or artificial forms thereof as bait and any fish hooks other than single barbless hooks during the period 17 March to 30 Sept , 2015.
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.
