Modern Technology Ensured Fish Farm Weathered the Storm – The Fish Site

IRELAND - Following the series of unrelenting storms that battered the coast from Malin to Mizen at the turn of the new year, the...
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Pat Gallagher Cup starts 2014 off – Leitrim Observer

2013 was literally blown into 2014, with gales and storms battering the country. The Last cast - Jarlaith Gallagher Now, as an angler, I have...

Mulkear River is high priority in salmon protection and conservation, Irish Examiner

Inland Fisheries Ireland said that it regards the Mulkear River as a high priority in protecting and conserving the numbers of salmon returning to...

Pat Gallagher Cup starts 2014 off, Leitrim Observer

The Last cast - Jarlaith Gallagher Now, as an angler, I have been told countless times that I was “mad to go out fishing in...

Warning over proposed salmon-farm in the aftermath of storm damage on Galway Bay, Irish...

GALWAY Bay Against Salmon Cages (Gbasc) pose an intriguing scenario following the recent storms as tsunami-like waves reached heights of 12m in Galway Bay...

Anglers and ESB locked in dispute over protection of salmon stocks, Irish Examiner

Anglers and the ESB are in dispute as to the effectiveness of measures to protect salmon stocks on the Mulcair and Lower Shannon rivers. The...

Storm waves would have destroyed fish farm and bay, say salmon groups, Galway Advertiser

Waves such as those which lashed the west coast last week would have destroyed the proposed fish farm in the bay and caused serious...

Connacht Angling Council rejects proposed compulsory angling registration charge, Galway Advertiser

The Connacht Angling Council has unanimously agreed to oppose the introduction of any compulsory angling charge as part of a new Inland Fisheries Bill...

Push to bolster fishing in island communities, Irish Independent

SO-CALLED 'heritage licences' should be issued to coastal and island communities in order to facilitate traditional fishing practices, a new report says. An Oireachtas committee...

Aran residents express concern about storm threat to planned fish farm, Irish Times

Residents on the Aran Island of Inis Oírr have questioned how the proposed fish farm for Galway Bay could have survived the recent hurricane...