Waterways Ireland has been advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) that a fish stock survey will take place, commencing on Mon 13 Jun, on Lough Derg.
There will be 170 sampling sites in total and most survey nets will be set on the bottom of the lake.
However, there will be surface floating nets, 30m and 220m in length, also set during the survey. Every effort will be made to set these from late evening to early morning to avoid routine boating traffic. The nets will be marked with large orange buoys and where possible navigable channels leading to harbours will be avoided.
The vessels associated with the survey will not hamper navigation.
Masters are requested to keep a sharp look out for the net marker buoys when on passage to avoid running any entanglement.
Waterways Ireland thanks its customers for their cooperation in this matter.
