A small number of salmon are returning to Irish rivers with signs of bleeding and skin ulceration, according to Inland Fisheries Ireland. This follows reports of salmon also returning to Norway and Scotland with a red rash skin disease in recent months. Anglers and fishery owners are asked to report incidences of salmon with rash […]
Potential presence of Pacific pink salmon. Inland Fisheries Ireland has appealed to anglers and the general public to be vigilant and report the presence of any Pacific pink salmon encountered in Irish river systems over the coming months. In 2017, this non-native fish species unexpectedly appeared in unprecedented numbers in multiple river systems in the […]
The lads from Boyne Valley Fishing Guides were in contact with IFI recently to let them know that they have been doing a bit of fishing recently on Lough Sheelin. They report that fishing has been tough over the last while, but there were small windows of opportunity on some of the days. […]
Ken Whelan was in touch to tell IFI that the Atlantic Salmon Trust (AST) has launched a major initiative entitled The Missing Salmon Project. This in an effort to solve the mystery of the Irish missing salmon. Somewhere on their journey, wild salmon numbers are being decimated. For every 100 that leave the Irish rivers […]
Rathmullan welcomed on June 1st Sean Kyne TD, Minister with responsibility for the Inland Fisheries sector, to officially launch the first of twelve new state-of-the-art RIBs (Rigid Inflatable Boats) to be delivered on a phased basis to Inland Fisheries Ireland for use as fisheries protection vessels around Ireland’s coastal zone and larger inland lakes. Minister […]
On World Book Day on March 1st, IFI remembered their colleague, Dr Martin O’Grady, who passed away recently. His beautifully illustrated book, ‘Brown Trout in Ireland’, deals with all aspects of the trout’s ecology and biology. It is an ideal present for the angler or student of natural history and an essential addition […]
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has published a report on February 16th into the occurrence of Farmed Atlantic Salmon in the Western River Basin District which confirms the presence of escaped farmed fish in a number of rivers in the Galway and Mayo region. IFI has not been advised of any reports, by salmon farm owners, […]
Efforts to rehabilitate salmon and trout populations and maintain genetic diversity planned for Lough Corrib tributary. Sean Kyne TD, Minister with responsibility for Inland Fisheries, has last week welcomed the development, by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), of a specific stock management plan for Galway’s Owenriff system aimed at removing pike from the system as a […]
Ambitious goals have been set to support Ireland’s €836 million recreational fishing industry. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has launched a new Corporate Plan 2016-2020 which sets out work that needs to be carried out to protect, promote and develop Ireland’s fisheries resource over the next five years. Among these aims is the growth of angling, […]