Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020
790. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request Inland Fisheries Ireland to direct its staff to contact representatives from angling organisations, local angling clubs and commercial fishers regarding the importance of submitting salmon and sea trout log books prior to the final deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10810/20]
View answerInland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) issues salmon and sea trout licences online and in hard copy directly and through authorised third party distributors. The regulations pertaining to licences are set by Statutory Instrument (SI) annually. The SI provides detail of licences, logs books, tags, returns and the closing date for receipt of returns and the obligation of the licence holder to return their logbook.
Each licence, irrespective of method of purchase, is accompanied by information on salmon and sea trout quota, catch, recording of catch and logbook returns. A prepaid return envelope is provided with the license pack to enable return of the logbook and unused tags. All commercial logs books are also returned annually.
IFI already issues regular reminders during the angling season across all of its communication channels. The reminders include communications to angling federations, traditional media, and social media. Reminders are also included in IFI’s weekly angling ezine, websites and blogs.
