ANGLING clubs, commercial fishermen, fishery owners, riparian landowners and landowners with an interest in a salmon fishery are invited to submit projects to the Salmon Conservation Contributors Scheme.
An initial fund of €200,000 is available in 2014 and approved applications may be fully or partly funded. It is envisaged the fund will be divided between a range of contributors, at approximately €15,000 per project.
Guidelines for funding include fish passage improvement, spawning enhancement; in-stream structures, riverbank protection, fencing, riparian zone improvement, removal and control of exotic invasive species and feasibility studies. A maximum of five studies will be allowed….
Irish Times 16/12/2013 Read the article ‘Salmon conservation scheme for improvements in the environment‘
