Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the salmon stocks on the Munster Blackwater for 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46492/09]

Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Standing Scientific Committee in its draft Report on the Status of Irish Salmon Stocks in 2009 and Precautionary Catch Advice for 2010, has advised that stocks of salmon in the Munster Blackwater (including the Glenshelane and Finnisk) is estimated to reach 37% above its conservation limit in 2010. Any excess over the Conservation Limit is classified as surplus and determines the total allowable catch (TAC) available for harvest by both commercial and recreational users on an annual basis.

The TAC anticipated in the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations for 2010, currently the subject of a public consultation process, is estimated at 5,054. The river had a TAC of 4,433 in 2009, 7,787 in 2008, 4,463 in 2007 and for the Lismore Fishery District, which also includes the Rivers Bride, Lickey, Tourig, and Womanagh, the quota was 3,928 in 2006.