Close to 200,000 hours and 31,180 patrols were carried out in 2016 to protect the fisheries resource, it was announced at the launch of the Inland Fisheries Ireland Protection Review in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, last Wednesday. The review highlights results of protection work which contributes €836 million to the Irish economy every year. The efforts saw fisheries officers patrol 74,000km of rivers and streams, 128,000 hectares of lakes and 5,500km of coastline…
Irish Times, 30/01/17. Read the full article ‘Inland Fisheries Ireland protection work contributes €836m annually to economy‘.
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