Control of Fishing for Salmon Order 2016 (S.I. No. 115 of 2016).

This Order, made under section 29 of the Fisheries Act, 1980, authorizes the issue of commercial fishing licences for salmon fishing by Inland Fisheries Ireland and sets out the criteria under which those licences may be issued. It also prescribes the maximum number of commercial licences which may be issued. This Order applies to: (a) all of the waters of the fishery districts referred to in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order, and (b) all fishing licences for any kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon, except for fishing licences in respect of a rod and line. A person who has formally accepted an offer under the Salmon Hardship Scheme is not eligible to apply for any commercial fishing licence under this Order. The Order specifies criteria for the issue of licences for any kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon mentioned in Schedule 1. A person shall not hold, at the same time more than one fishing licence for a particular kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon, or a fishing licence for a particular kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon and a fishing licence for that kind of fishing engine for the taking of salmon in the Foyle Area (within the meaning of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952.