ANGLING NOTES: IT IS my understanding that a proposal is before the Minister of State for Natural Resources, Fergus O’Dowd, to extend the estuary draft net season from its current commencement date of May 12th to a start date in mid-April. Fisheries on the Owenduff and Owenmore Rivers and Carrowmore Lake in the west of Ireland pride themselves on a valuable run of spring salmon. To bring forward the draft net season would have a detrimental effect on fragile spring stocks and the angling resource in the area.
The Irish Times, 26/03/12. Read full article ‘Caught in draft net dilemma‘.
Press release: Minister O’Dowd – There is no proposal for the extension of the salmon draft netting season
