Public consultation on the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and Conservation Measures for the 2023 season

Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, gives statutory notice of his intention to make the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022, to provide for the management of the wild salmon and sea trout fishery by Inland Fisheries Ireland from 1 January 2023.

A copy of the draft regulations is open for public inspection at the offices of the Department in Cavan.

The draft regulations are also available to download below.

Anyone wishing to submit observations on, or objections to, the draft regulations can do so by email to IFDPublicConsultations@decc.gov.ie or post to:

Inland Fisheries Division

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

Elm House

Earlsvale Road

Cavan Town

H12 A8H7

Ireland

The closing date for submissions is 5.30pm 9 December 2022

Late submissions will not be considered. All valid submissions received will be published on the Gov.ie website.

We are committed to engaging with stakeholders in a clear, open and transparent manner. Any person or organisation can make a submission in relation to this consultation. All submissions and feedback will be considered before the final version of the Regulations is published.

Please note that responses to this consultation are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (FOI), Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007-2018 (AIE) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Please also note that we intend to publish the contents of all submissions received to our consultations on our website. We will redact personal data prior to publication. In responding to this consultation, parties should clearly indicate where their responses contain personal information, commercially sensitive information or confidential information which they would not wish to be released under FOI, AIE or otherwise published.

We would like to draw your attention to our Data Privacy Notice which explains how and when we collect personal data, why we do so and how we treat this information. It also explains your rights in relation to the collection of personal information and how you can exercise those rights.

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