European Communities (Quality of Salmonid Waters) Regulations, 1988.

The Regulations give effect to Council Directive No. 78/659 on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life. They prescribe quality standards for salmonid waters (waters capable of supporting salmon, trout, char and whitefish) and designate the waters to which they apply, together with the sampling programmes and the methods of analysis and inspection to be used by local authorities to determine compliance with the standards. Salmonid waters shall meet the quality standards specified in the Second Schedule on the basis of and subject to the conditions so specified. A local authority shall, in accordance with this article, carry out, or cause to be carried out, sampling of salmonid waters in its functional area in respect of the parameters specified in the Second Schedule. Sampling locations and the depth at which samples are to be taken shall be determined by the local authority on the basis of local environmental conditions. (6 regulations completed by 3 Schedules)