Concerns over size of proposed new salmon farm in Galway Bay, Irish Times
As a keen salmon angler, I am deeply concerned to learn of a proposal by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) to install a supersized...
Inland Fisheries wants freeze on new salmon farms, Donegal Democrat
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has said proposals for new salmon fish farms in Galway, Donegal and Mayo should be put on hold. The statutory...
Details of fish farm chemicals sought, Irish Times
An opponent of fish farming who is on a tour of the west coast has called for details of chemical parasite treatments used...
Poaching crackdown now hi-tech, Irish Examiner
IT’S the season when salmon are heading up rivers to spawn, a time when poachers once engaged in cat and mouse games...
Shark finning loopholes closed – Enniscorthy Guardian
Campaigners have welcomed moves by the European Parliament to end "cruel and wasteful" shark finning by voting to close loopholes in the ...
Achill men acquitted of illegal fishing for second time – Mayo News
TWO Achill men accused of using an illegal fishing net to fish for salmon were acquitted of the same offence for the second...
Disagreement over salmon farm plans – Belfast Telegraph
Two Government agencies have clashed over plans for a massive deep sea salmon farm off the west coast which backers say will...
Three years on and Bandon put on serious flooding alert – The Southern Star
Exactly three years after the devastating deluge that occurred on November 19th, 2009, flooding occurred in and around Bandon on Monday evening following several...
Much-needed salmon migration study need not cost a lot – Irish Times
AT a meeting of the Pelagic Regional Advisory Council (Prac) in Amsterdam recently, Prof Ken Whelan, research director of Atlantic Salmon Trust,...
Lethal cocktail of chemicals kill hundreds of fish in Mitchelstown – The Avondhu
Hundreds of fish were seen belly up in the Gradogue river in Mitchelstown earlier this week, as the people of the town ...
