asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the number of salmon licences issued in each district.
Written Answers. - Salmon Licences.
450.
The Control of Fishing for Salmon Order, 1980, (S.I. No. 360 of 1980) (as amended by the Control of Fishing for Salmon (Amendment) Order, 1982 (S.I. No. 368 of 1982) and the Control of Fishing for Salmon by Driftnet (Kerry Fishery District) Order, 1982, (S.I. No. 367 of 1982), regulate the issue of salmon fishing licences for fishing engines, other than rod and line, for use in public and private fisheries. Under the above orders the maximum number of each kind of salmon net licence which may be issued by each regional fisheries board for use in public fisheries in each fishery district within the board's fisheries region is as follows:
|
Fisheries Region |
Fishery District |
Kind of Net |
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|
Drift |
Draft |
Snap |
Loop |
Pole |
||
|
Eastern |
Dundalk |
— |
40 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Drogheda |
— |
50 |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
Dublin |
16 |
11 |
— |
— |
1 |
|
|
Wexford |
— |
75 |
— |
— |
1 |
|
|
Southern |
Waterford |
175 |
10 |
132 |
— |
— |
|
Lismore |
51 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
South-Western |
Cork |
110 |
40 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Kerry |
40 |
52 |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
Shannon |
Limerick |
16 |
84 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Western |
Galway |
38 |
7 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Connemara |
30 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
Ballinakill |
40 |
17 |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
North-Western |
Bangor |
25 |
30 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Ballina |
104 |
5 |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
Sligo |
10 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
Northern |
Ballyshannon |
32 |
107 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Letterkenny |
160 |
75 |
— |
32 |
— |
In addition 70 salmon drift net licences and 25 draft net licences may be issued each year by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board under the River Shannon Tidal Waters (Issue of Fishing Licences) Regulations, 1935 (S.I. No. 664 of 1935).