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Irish Fishing Regulations
On the spot fines
An on the spot fine of €150 can be issued for a range of fisheries offences eg fishing in a closed season, taking fish smaller than allowed for in a bye-law, taking more fish than a bag limit allows etc.
Full details are available here: S.I. No. 81 of 2011 INLAND FISHERIES (FIXED CHARGE NOTICE) REGULATIONS 2011. [.pdf, 89 KB].
Do I need a licence to fish in Ireland?
While no licence is needed for trout, pike and coarse fishing in the Republic of Ireland, a rod licence is required in Northern Ireland. In both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, licences are required for salmon and sea trout fishing.
Sea fishing for marine sport fish does not require a licence in either country.
In the Republic of Ireland State Salmon and Sea Trout Licences are available as a National licence or a District Licence. A National Licence covers all Fishery Board Districts while a District Licence covers only the Fishery District in which the licence is purchased. A list of fishing tackle shops where licences may be bought is available on this site. Alternatively you can buy a licence online. It should be noted that a licence does not confer the right to fish for salmon or sea trout and that permission or permits are required to fish most waters.
Anglers in the Shannon Region must have a Permit (ticket charge) to fish for trout, pike or coarse fish in the Midland Fisheries Group of controlled waters. This area comprises the following river catchments; RIVER SUCK, RIVER INNY, RIVER BROSNA, LITTLE BROSNA RIVER and CAMLIN RIVER. This permit can be bought online. This permit is not required to fish the main River Shannon or other fisheries whose fishing rights are NOT under the control of the Inland Fisheries Ireland.
For up-to-date information on all licence and permit regulations in Northern Ireland visit the Northern Ireland Tourist Board website.
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Republic of Ireland Angling Regulations
GENERAL FRESHWATER
•The only legal method to catch freshwater fish is by rod and line (Control of Fishing for Coarse Fish in Fresh Water Bye-law No. 595, 1977.).
•A person may fish with not more than two rods at any time (Control of Fishing for Coarse Fish in Fresh Water Bye-law No. 595, 1977.).
•It is illegal to have or to use live fish as bait (Use of Live Fish as Bait in Fresh Water Bye-law No. 592, 1977).
•It is illegal to transfer live roach from one water to any other waters (Transfer of Live Roach, Bye-Law No. 561, 1973).
•This Bye-law prohibits the use of any fish hooks, other than single barbless hooks, and the use of worms, prawn or shrimp as bait in angling for all species of fish in the waters specified in the Bye-law. The list of waters this bye law applies to is available at the following link:
ANGLING BYE-LAW NO. 888, 2011 (Prohibition of certain methods) (13.42 kB) [.pdf, 14 KB]
Foul Hooking
This bye-law prohibits the killing and possession of foul hooked fish (i.e fish not hooked in the mouth) in any fishery district in any year.
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SALMON and SEA TROUT
A State Licence is required to fish for salmon and sea trout, but does not entitle you to fish. Permits or permission from fisheries owners must be obtained.
General salmon angling regulations
•A State Licence is required to fish for salmon and sea trout
•All salmon (and sea trout over 40cm) kept must be tagged, and the logbook filled out accordingly.
•It is an offence to kill any sea trout in the Galway, Connemara or Ballinakill Fisheries Districts including at sea from Hags Head in County Clare to Clew Bay (and in any waters flowing into Clew Bay) in the Bangor Fishery District south of a line drawn due east and west through Achill Head.
•It is prohibited sell rod caught salmon or sea trout over 40cm between January 1st and October 31st
Bag Limits
There is an angling bag limit of 10 salmon (any size) or sea trout (over 40 cm) on rivers where you may catch and retain salmon (Table 1). The bag limits are subject to any quota allocated to a river and its tributaries.
Subject to the maximum annual bag limit of ten fish an angler may take:
•A total of one salmon (any size) or sea trout (over 40cm) per day for the period beginning January 1st to May 11th (three fish in total may be retained for this period),
•Daily Bag Limit: Three salmon (any size) or sea trout (over 40cm) per day from May 12th to August 31st (except where a salmon rod (one-day) ordinary licence is held, 1 fish),
•Daily Bag Limit: One salmon (any size) or sea trout (over 40cm) per day from 1st September to the close of the season,
•There is an angling bag limit of three sea trout (under 40cm) per angler per day (bye-law no. 887, 2011).
After the daily bag limit has been taken, anglers are permitted to fish catch and release, using single, barbless hooks and anglers may not use worms. The killing and possession of foul hooked fish is prohibited.
Open Rivers, Closed Rivers, Catch and Release Rivers, Tagging Scheme, more information
Salmon fishing opens on January 1 on a handful of rivers and after that the remainder of rivers open on various dates in February, March, April and May. The majority of rivers close on September 30th but some rivers remain open for sea trout fishing to October 12.
Please follow this link for Salmon Angling Regulations 2012.
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Coarse Fish
CONSERVATION OF AND PROHIBITION ON SALE OF COARSE FISH BYE-LAW NO. 806, 2006 provides for the following conservation measures:
•A person shall not take and kill by any means more than 4 coarse fish on any one day.
•A person shall not take and kill by any means any coarse fish greater than 25 cm in length measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail.
•Any coarse fish taken inadvertently in contravention of this Bye-law must be handled carefully and returned without avoidable injury to the waters from which they have been taken
•It is prohibited for any person, other than in the Louth Area or Moville Area, to sell or offer for sale any coarse fish caught by any means.
•“Louth Area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 31 of the British –Irish Agreement Act 1999 (No.1 of 1999);
•“Moville Area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 (No.5 of 1952).
•It is prohibited to use or attempt to use live fish as bait in fishing in fresh water.
•It is prohibited to transfer for any purpose live roach (Rutilus rutilus) from any waters to any other waters.
•It is prohibited to fish for pike or coarse fish by any means whatsoever other than by rod and line.
•A person may not attempt to fish for pike or coarse fish in freshwater with more than two (2) rods at any one time.