A DECISION to ban fishing on the River Feale from the end of July this year has been heralded as a vital step towards restoring depleted fish stocks on the embattled river.
The move to ban net fishing in the month of August, which leads into the start of the spawning season, has been welcomed by local anglers who have blamed net fishermen of accelerating a collapse in salmon stocks on the Feale, which have fallen by over 10,000 in six years.
The decision to end licensed fishing on the Feale on July 31 has been made by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following consultation with fishing groups and other local stakeholders, such as Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), in a bid to tackle the collapse in salmon stocks, which have reached a record low…
Limerick Leader. 24/03/2013. Read the article ‘Fishing ban on West Limerick river welcomed by anglers’
