This Order, made under section 29 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962 (No. 31 of 1962), authorises the issue of commercial fishing licences by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), sets out the criteria under which those licences may be issued, and prescribes the maximum number of commercial licences which may be issued. This Order applies to (a) the waters of the fishery districts referred to in column (1) of Schedule 1, and (b) fishing licences for any kind of fishing engine, except for fishing licences in respect of a rod and line. A person who has formally accepted an offer under the Salmon Hardship Scheme is not eligible to apply for a fishing licence under this Order. A person shall not hold, at the same time (a) more than one fishing licence for a particular kind of fishing engine, or (b) a fishing licence for a particular kind of fishing engine and a fishing licence for that kind of fishing engine in the Foyle Area (within the meaning of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952. IFI shall not issue a fishing licence for any kind of fishing engine in a several fishery unless to do so is consistent with the conservation and management, in accordance with the Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2010, of all fisheries, including several fisheries.