Introductory course aims to attract more girls into taking up fishing, Belfast Telegraph
An initiative has been launched to encourage girls and young women throughout Northern Ireland to take up the sport of angling. Ballyclare's Straid Fishery and...
Irish Water granted permission for Vartry reservoir upgrade, Irish Times
An Bord Pleanála has upheld a decision to grant planning permission for an upgrade of one of Dublin’s key water supplies, the Vartry reservoir...
New curbs on sea bass angling, Gorey Guardian
Sea bass anglers will only be able to fish on a catch and release basis once new regulations come into force. Fishing for sea...
Warning of electric pulse fishing’s ‘disastrous’ effects, Irish Examiner
The Irish Wildlife Trust, along with other European groups, has written to the European Commission warning of the “disastrous” consequences if it allows “electric...
Ireland Suffers its Largest Salmon Farm Escape – The Fish Site
IRELAND - Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed 230,000 salmon are missing after storms significantly damaged Murphy's salmon farm in Gearhries, Bantry Bay, on 1...
Three new jobs as Council set to receive €1.3m rivers investment, Armagh I
Three new jobs will be created as Council look set to receive a cash injection of more than €1.3 million as part of a five...
Giant rat-like creatures invading Irish rivers, Irish Independent
Giant rat-like creatures called coypu are spreading in the wilds here, having been first introduced to Ireland as pets. Native to South America, the...
Report backs negative sea louse claims, The Fish Site
A new report has concluded that lice emanating from areas of intensive salmon farming are having “a general and pervasive negative effect” on wild...
The catching of a monster pike – Irish Times
Frank McNally recently told us the story of the River Finn monster, an enthralling tale of a northern denizen of the deep that bears...
New EU regulations for Irish seabass recreation fishery, Irish Times
Following successful negotiations by the Minister for Marine, Mr Michael Creed, at the recent fisheries council meeting in Brussels, the European Union has introduced new regulations for the...
