The future of Lanesboro’s fishing industry could be dealt a potentially crushing blow if latest tests show traces of invasive clams in Lough Ree.
Those were the sobering words from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) chief executive Dr Ciaran Byrne this week following their discovery along the region’s so-called ‘hotwater’ stretch last Thursday.
Dr Byrne confirmed samples had been taken from the bed of Lough Ree in the days since by specialist teams to determine whether the invasive species had spread….
Longford Leader 17/09/2014 Read the article ‘Fishing chiefs wait on latest clam test results‘
