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Download Centre - Angling Bye Laws

This is a download facility for the most recent and important Angling Bye Laws covering Salmon, Trout, Coarse fish and Pike. Visit website http://www.irishstatutebook.ie for further information on the Fisheries Acts.

A Guide to Pike and Coarse Fish Bye Laws

This guide presents the Pike and Coarse fish Bye Laws introduced in 2006 as part of the conservation measured to protect our Pike and Coarse fish stocks. This guide is presented in eight different languages as a convenient pocket guide for anglers to carry around. A hard copy can be ordered online, please email your request to stating the bye law requested and your name and postal address.

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Download our information leaflet on the conservation and management regime for wild salmon 2007
The Government is committed to aligning the management of the wild Salmon fishery with scientific advice from 2007 onwards in the interests of conservation of stocks. This is a general information document about the issues.

Translated versions: English only
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Download the conservation of Salmon and Sae trout Bye Law No:814,2006

This Bye Law provides for an annual bag limit of 10 fish for 2007, a season bag limit of 1 fish in the period 1 Jan to 12 May, a daily bag limit of 1 fish from September 1 to the end of 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 specific periods and revokes the existing limit Bye Law.

Download translated Salmon Angling brochure for 2007: