Calls for more coarse fishing facilities on Barrow – Carlow Nationalist

The development of a Barrow Blueway path running along St Mullins and Graiguenamanagh has led to a call for more coarse fishing facilities along...

Writing Walking on Ripples, by David Murphy, Irish Times

Walking on Ripples began life as a simple article based on fishing abroad – Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands and further afield (Florida, Mauritius) –...

Is there something fishy about the health advice on farmed salmon? Irish Examiner

SMOKED salmon is the easy part of Christmas. Throw it on brown bread, with lemon and black pepper, and the innocents will think it’s...

Ring announces almost €2m for major festivals and events in 2015 – Failte Ireland...

Minister of State for Tourism & Sport Michael Ring TD has today announced that funding of €1.945m has been approved by Fáilte Ireland under the...
The Save Bantry Bay (SBB) group has raised concerns that sea lice (pictured here), prolific around fish farms, may infect young wild salmon as they travel by.

Norwegian Institute for Natural Research film shows impact of sea-lice on salmon – Irish...

OF ALL the salmon farming nations, the largest one, Norway, has remained the most open and frank at official level about the impact of...

Children’s book on dangers of fishing sector – Irish Examiner

Stories of fishing fatalities and the impact they have on loved ones left behind form part of a new children’s book that seeks to...

Detailed geological survey chart of Ireland’s seabed in Irish language should prove beneficial in...

THE Minister of State for Natural Resources, Joe McHugh, launched a new publicationAn Geolaíocht ó bhun go barr at Coláiste Ailigh in Letterkenny, Co...

Anglers bank on success after council breakthrough, Belfast Telegraph

Great news for anglers who regularly fish the Newry Canal. Newry & Mourne District Council have agreed to look at a proposal for further...

Alien invader: It may look harmless, but this tiny clam has a LOT of...

A MULTITUDE OF state agencies have been meeting over the last few months to decide what to do about an Asian Clam infestation in...

Environmentalists in court bid for release of report into salmon escape, Irish Examiner

An environmental group is going all the way to the High Court in a bid to secure the release of a Government report into...