New regulations and bye-law governing wild salmon and seatrout fisheries come into effect tomorrow, January 1. Joe McHugh TD, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, said that, in all, 83 rivers will be open for angling – 55 fully open and 28 on a catch and release basis. There will be no increase in the cost of fishing licences this year, Minister McHugh said, to “encourage sales of annual licences and continue to incentivise angling tourists to avail of the Ireland’s first-class angling product.”…
Donegal Democrat, 31/12/14. Read the full article ‘New angling regulations come into effect tomorrow‘.