Galway Man Convicted of Poaching Offence, Afloat
At a sitting of Galway and District Court on the 7th of February 2017, Judge Mary Fahy convicted Mr. Gerry Farragher of Rinnaharney, Annaghdown,...
Department to amend Cork fish farm licence, Irish Examiner
The Department of Agriculture has revealed its intention to amend the licence at a fish farm in Eyeries, Co Cork. The ministerial decision related to...
Salmon farm of 1m fish ‘will devastate’ Bantry, The Southern Star
THE oral hearing into an application for a salmon farm containing 1 million fish, at Shot Head in Bantry Bay, was adjourned last week...
Brothers fined for illegal fishing on Argideen River, The Southern Star
TWO brothers from Cork City have been convicted and fined for ‘stroke hauling’ a salmon on the Argideen River on August 1st 2016. Niall...
Driftnet ban fails to save Atlantic wild salmon, Irish Times
Ten years after Ireland banned driftnetting for salmon at sea, the controversial measure has proved to be a failure. The Atlantic wild salmon is in...
Angling Notes: First salmon of 2017 caught at Careysville Fishery, Irish Times
Careysville Fishery on the Munster Blackwater river welcomed regular Navan angler Paul O’Malley and his party of three friends on opening day (February 1st)....
Michael Viney: how trout disappeared from my favourite river, Irish Times
My favourite stretch of Mayo river flows between ivied oaks in a hollow below the bog and onwards under Louisburgh’s bridge to the sea....
Angling Show promises a great family day, Fingal Independent
The biggest fishing show in Ireland, The Ireland Angling Show, will be back in action at the National Show Centre in Swords shortly. Once...
Angling Notes: Sea trout decline in Irish Sea examined in report, Irish Times
A new report entitled The Celtic Sea Trout Project (CSTP) addresses significant knowledge gaps as to why sea trout are suffering a decline in parts...
The first salmon to be caught this year in Ireland was nabbed in Fermoy,...
ANGLERS CAN REST as the search to catch the first salmon in Ireland this year has ended, with Ronan O’Connor catching a 7lb fresh...
