Ireland - Obtain Fishing Licence

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Procedure

1. Get in touch with your local fishing tackle shop, your local Fisheries District Office or Inland Fisheries Ireland for more information about fishing licences, permits and angling in your area. You may purchase a licence online using the link provided on Inland Fisheries Ireland's website.
2. You may purchase Licences for periods from 1 day to 1 year.
3. After purchasing a licence, anglers receive a copy of the Salmon Angling Regulations which provides information on bag limits, mandatory catch and release fisheries, open and closed fisheries, gill tags and how to return your completed logbook and tags.

Note: While a licence is required to fish for salmon and sea trout it does not entitle you to fish. Fishing permits or permission from fisheries owners is also usually required and must be obtained separately.

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Office Locations & Contacts

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
29-31 Adelaide Road
Dublin 2
Ireland

Tel:+353 1 678 2000
Locall:1890 449 900
Fax:+353 1 678 2449

Inland Fisheries Ireland
3044 Lake Drive
Citywest Business Campus
Dublin 24
D24 Y265
Ireland

Tel:+353 1 884 2600
Fax:+353 1 836 0060
Email: [email protected]

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Fees

Salmon Licence Fees:

• All Districts (i.e. all Regions) Annual: 100
• Juvenile (under the age of 18 years) All Districts Annual: 10
• One District, Annual: 56
• All districts, 21 Days: 40
• All districts, 1 Day: 20
• Foyle Area Extension: 80
• Special local licence: 24

In general, a fishing permit costs from 20 to 50 a day. Some of the more exclusive fisheries can be more expensive.

Validity

You can purchase a licence for a period of one day up to a licence for a year.

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Instructions

Angling in Ireland is regulated by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI).

Angling categories: coarse, game, sea, pike, and river trout. Protected fisheries species in Ireland include salmon, sea trout, sea bass, molluscs, eels and all freshwater fish.

A State Licence is required to fish for salmon and sea trout.

Note: A licence does not confer the right to fish; a fishing permit is usually required and must be obtained separately.

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