Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his officials in the inland fisheries division fully support the ongoing legislative conservation of invasive roach in the Lough Melvin catchment and special area of conservation under the Conservation of Coarse Fish By-Law No. 806 (2006) (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22473/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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As advised to in my reply to Question No 133 of 23 January 2024 and 42 of 7 February 2024, IFI, in conjunction with my Department, is carrying out a review of relevant inland fisheries bye-laws in force for 10 years or more and their continued application. Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 will be examined and reviewed as part of this exercise. The review process will take into account relevant legal acts of the European Union including the EU Water Framework Directive.

Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it was his intention to increase the overall brown trout daily bag limit per angler to six fish for the entire Lough Corrib SAC under two separate harvesting regimes, with four trout being harvested from the lake and two trout being harvested from the Clare river catchment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22474/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I recently made a bye-law for the conservation of wild brown trout in the Clare River and its tributaries - Conservation of Trout in the Rivers Clare, Abbert, Dalgan, Grange and Sinking Bye-Law No. 1008, 2024 - on the basis of advice from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). The purpose of this bye-law is to reduce the harvest of adult brown trout migrating from lough Corrib to their spawning grounds in the feeder streams of the Clare River catchment.

Comprehensive fish population surveys in this catchment in 2019 indicated that juvenile brown trout stocks had declined at a number of reference sites since previous surveys.

Public consultation prior to the enactment of this bye-law indicated support for this important conservation measure from stakeholders, including angling groups to actively participate in the preservation of their local natural resources.