Fisheries, fish passage and habitat protection guidance
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DAERA Inland Fisheries is a core branch within Marine and Fisheries Division of the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs.
It has a statutory remit for the conservation, protection, development and improvement of salmon and inland fisheries as outlined in the Fisheries Act (NI) 1966 (as amended). DAERA Inland Fisheries is the implementing authority under the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic. This treaty requires signatory states to develop programmes of work to conserve, rationally manage and improve Atlantic salmon populations and their habitats within their jurisdiction.