Gang of poachers decimating salmon stocks on the Mulcair – Limerick Leader

POACHERS are decimating Atlantic salmon stocks on the Mulcair every day of the week say the Shannon, Mulcair and District Anglers. They say it is...

‘Golden’ Game Fair – at Shanes Castle, Antrim – Mid Ulster Mail

THE Great Game Fairs of Ireland will be staging its 50th Irish Game Fair - their ‘Golden’ Game Fair - at Shanes Castle near...
Reports have been received of dead fish as high up the river as Roundwood, and as far down the river as Ashford

Inland Fisheries Ireland investigating Wicklow fish deaths – RTE News

It is understood that the problem was first noticed this morning and that large quantities of dead fish have been seen flowing downstream all...

Muckalee hosts Youths Lake Championship – Kilkenny People

Muckalee Reservoir in Kilkenny was the battleground last month for the 2012 Youths Lake Championship, which was held on a catch-release basis. Sean Dempsey was...
The Asian clam, a notorious aquatic invasive species now resident in some Irish rivers

Invasive management – Irish Times

THE ASIAN CLAM (Corbicula fluminea) is a most unwelcome addition to the fauna of Irish rivers and lakes. This bivalve mollusc is one of...

Teen fisherman Ian is angling for world title – The Corkman

MALLOW LAD IS OFF TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS A TALENTED teenager from the Mallow Trout Anglers club is set to go head-to-head against some of the...

Cunningham reels in top prize – Offaly Express

Anglers from all around the midlands recently attended the Annual Jim Coyne memorial fishing competition in Tullamore. Now in its second year, the competition was...

A jaw-dropping sight, but in the best possible taste – Irish Times

ANOTHER LIFE: ‘TINY WASPS ARE known whose larvae parasitize the larvae of still other kinds of wasps that live inside the bodies of the caterpillars...

Rare giant crab caught off the Mayo coast dies in Galway aquarium – Mayo...

The journey from the edge of the deep water of the continental shelf to the Irish coast was just too much for one giant...

FG Cllr Seosamh Ó Laoi calls for seal cull on west coast – RTE...

Speaking on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Galway County Councillor Seosamh Ó Laoi said the increase in the seal population was responsible for a steep...