Conservation of Salmon and Trout on Lough Arrow Bye-laws

The Minister at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, Mr Darragh O’Brien, T.D., has made the following Bye-laws:

1. Conservation of Trout on Lough Arrow (including the Unshin River) Bye Law No. 1019, 2025

This Bye-Law:

• reduces the daily bag limit from 4 brown trout to 2 brown trout per angler in Lough Arrow and extends this to the Unshin River 
   
• increases the current size limit for the taking of brown trout from 12 inches to 14 inches in Lough Arrow (no size limit required on Unshin River) in the interest of conserving valuable fish stocks 

This bye-law can be viewed and downloaded here.

2. Conservation of Salmon and Trout on Lough Arrow (including the Unshin River) Close Season Bye-Law No. CS 338, 2025

This Bye-law:

• aligns the close season for angling for salmon and trout on the Unshin River with that of Lough Arrow (i.e. 1st October to 31st March).

This bye-law can be viewed and downloaded here.

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.

Fodhlíthe Bradáin agus Breac a Chaomhnú ar Loch Saighead

Tá na Fodhlíthe seo a leanas déanta ag an Aire sa Roinn Aeráide, Fuinnimh agus Comhshaoil, an tUasal Darragh O’Brien, T.D.:

1. Caomhnú Breac ar Loch Saighead (lena n-áirítear Abhainn Unshin) Fodhlí Uimh. 1019, 2025

An Fodhlíthe seo:

•   laghdaítear an teorainn laethúil mála ó 4 bhreac donna go 2 bhreac donna in aghaidh an tslatiascaire i Loch Arbh agus leathnaíonn sé seo go dtí an Abhainn Unshin 

•   méadaítear an teorainn reatha méide maidir le breac donn a thógáil ó 12 orlach go 14 orlach i Loch Arbh (gan aon teorainn méide ag teastáil ar Abhainn Unshin) ar mhaithe le stoic luachmhara éisc a chaomhnú. 

Is féidir an fodhlí seo a fheiceáil agus a íoslódáil anseo.

2. Bradán agus Breac a Chaomhnú ar Loch Arbh (lena n-áirítear an Abhainn Unshin) Fodhlí Shéasúr Dúntha Uimh. CS 338, 2025

An Fodhlíthe seo:

•    ailíníonn sé an séasúr coiscthe do shlatiascaireacht bradán agus breac ar an Abhainn Unshin le séasúr Loch Arbh (i.e. 1 Deireadh Fómhair go 31 Márta).

Is féidir an fodhlí seo a fheiceáil agus a íoslódáil anseo.

FONÓTA

Foráiltear le hAlt 57 (7) den Acht um Iascach Intíre 2010 go bhféadfaidh aon duine arb éagóir leis nó léi na fodhlíthe seo, laistigh de 28 lá tar éis a bhfoilsithe san Iris Oifigiúil, achomharc a dhéanamh chuig an Ard-Chúirt ina n-aghaidh.