Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2023
28. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the specific conservation limits for the Nore and Suir rivers for 2018-2022, inclusive, in relation to snap net salmon fishing. [43806/23]
View answer29. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total number of salmon recorded by anglers for the Nore and Suir rivers for 2018-2022, inclusive, in relation to snap net salmon fishing. [43807/23]
View answer30. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the allowances that were given for the dry summers of 2018, 2019 and 2022 for the rivers Nore and Suir, inclusive, in relation to snap net salmon fishing. [43808/23]
View answer31. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the allowances that were given for the Covid years of 2020 and 2021 for the rivers Nore and Suir regarding snap net salmon fishing. [43809/23]
View answer32. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the exploitation rates were used to determine the total allowable catch for the Nore and Suir rivers for the years 2018-2022, inclusive, regarding snap net salmon fishing. [43810/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 together.
The management of each of Ireland’s 140 salmon rivers including the calculation of the salmon catchment numbers/allowances/exploitation rates/conservation limits per river are operational matters for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in which neither I nor my Department have any role.
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that queries relating to operational matters can be addressed promptly, in line with IFI’s objective to deliver services to the highest standards. The email address is oireachtas@fisheriesireland.ie
In December of each year a suite of secondary legislation – including the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations (WSSTTSRs) – is made by my Department to set out the fisheries management regime for the following year based on individual annual assessments of Ireland's salmon rivers carried out by the independent Technical Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS) in conjunction with IFI.
