The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations (No. 2) 2006 (S.I. No 672 of 2006) which sets out the quotas on a river-by-river basis, the mechanism for allocating overall quotas between commercial fishermen and anglers and individual commercial fishermen's quotas. The regulations specify the quotas for each of the rivers that are open for fishing in 2007. In addition, in order to protect the spring salmon (multi sea winter fish) only one tag may be issued per angler up to 12 May 2007. Some flexibility has been built into the text of the regulations allowing for changes in this limit in appropriate circumstances through river specific byelaws. Details of the rivers that are open are set out in Appendix 1.
The following Bye Laws and Orders were also made for the conservation and management of salmon in 2007.
The Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Bye-law No. 814, 2006 specifies the annual and seasonal angling bag limits in specified rivers. The Bye- Law provides for an annual bag limit of 10 fish for 2007, a season bag limit of 1 fish in the period 1 January to 12 May, a daily bag limit of 3 fish from 13 May to 31 August and a daily bag limit of 1 fish from 1 September to the end of the season. The Bye-law also provides for the use of single hooks and prohibits the use of worms as bait once the specified number of fish have been caught in the specified periods.
The Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Bye-laws No. 815, 2006 identifies those rivers and the circumstances where catch and release is permissible. These rivers are listed in Appendix 2.
The Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Bye-law No. C.S. 287, 2006 prohibits angling for salmon and sea trout in specified rivers that are not meeting their conservation limits. These rivers are listed in Appendix 3.
Source:
http://www.dcmnr.gov.ie/Marine/Inland+Fisheries+Marine+Leisure+and+Research/Inland+Fisheries/Wild+Salmon+and+Sea+Trout+Tagging+Scheme+and+other+Conservation+Measures+for+2007.htm