Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 2 Feb 1989

Vol. 386 No. 5

Written Answers. - Fishing Licences.

52.

Mr. Molloy

asked the Minister for the Marine the number of £15 brown trout licences purchased in each fishery region in 1988.

53.

Mr. Nealon

asked the Minister for the Marine if he has received details of the number of rod licences taken out in 1988 from the various fisheries boards or from the Central Fisheries Board; if so, if he will outline the number of licences taken out under each category, old and new; the total revenue taken in by these licences in each category; the total revenue taken in by the new licences after excluding the salmon element of the composite licences; and if he will give details of all of these aspects, broken down by each fishery board area.

Minister for the Marine (Mr. Daly)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together.

Total revenue from rod licences in 1988 has reached almost £400,000. Revenue from the sale of the new licences (trout, coarse fish and composite) amounted to £148,660 which represents almost seven times the revenue received in 1987 from the previous voluntary registration system.

Full details of the 1988 sales are shown in the attached schedule. The composite licence entitles the holder to fish for all freshwater species and there is no salmon element in the licence as such.

SCHEDULE

Rod Licence Revenue.

	1987	1987	1988
Board	Salmon Licences	Voluntary Registration	Total	Sales	Increase	%
	£	£	£	£	£
Eastern	37,566	2,489	40,055	91,779	51,724	+129
Southern	23,244	1,330	24,574	50,095	25,521	+104
South-Western	19,504	10,880	30,384	47,215	16,831	+55
Shannon	16,185	5,890	22,075	45,256	23,181	+105
Western	21,717	181	21,898	51,663	29,765	+136
North-Western	27,152	256	27,408	62,774	35,366	+129
Northern	25,506	550	26,056	47,521	21,465	+82
Total	170,874	21,576	192,450	396,303	203,853	+106

Breakdown of Yield

	1987	1988		1987	1988
	Salmon Licences	Salmon Licences	%	Voluntary Contributions	New Licences†	%
Total	170,874	247,643	+45	21,576	148,660	+589

† Composite, coarse and trout licences.

Sales of Rod Angling Licences in 1988

	A: £25	B: £15	O: £10	R: £21	S: £10	T: £5	P: £40
Regional Fisheries Board	Salmon Annual	Trout Annual	Coarse Fish Annual	Salmon 21 day	Trout 21 day	Coarse 21 day	Composite
Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value
Eastern	1,452	36,300	1,225	18,375	540	5,400	49	1,029	59	590	1,665	8,325	544	21,760
Southern	1,099	27,475	402	6,030	66	660	400	8,400	141	1,410	104	520	140	5,600
South-Western	1,189	29,725	433	6,495	2	20	325	6,825	330	3,300	10	50	20	800
Shannon	754	18,850	925	13,875	181	1,810	26	546	152	1,520	547	2,735	148	5,920
Western	806	20,150	123	1,845	16	160	1,048	22,008	234	2,340	120	600	114	4,560
North-Western	1,332	33,300	258	3,870	23	230	629	13,209	256	2,560	33	165	236	9,440
Northern	1,049	26,225	232	3,480	88	880	93	1,953	153	1,530	1,659	8,295	86	3,440
Total	7,681	192,025	3,598	53,970	916	9,160	2,570	53,970	1,325	13,250	4,138	20,690	1,288	51,520

Foyle Area Extensions X, W and Y	Special Locals
X: £10	W: £17	Y: £30	£21	£5
Trout	Salmon	Composite	Salmon	Salmon
Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value	Number	Value
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	10	71	1,207	2	60	11	231	42	210
1	10	71	1,207	2	60	11	231	42	210