{"id":14926,"date":"2019-06-25T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/?p=14926"},"modified":"2019-06-24T16:55:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T14:55:14","slug":"inland-fisheries-ireland-appeals-for-vigilance-for-presence-of-non-native-species-in-irish-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2019\/06\/25\/inland-fisheries-ireland-appeals-for-vigilance-for-presence-of-non-native-species-in-irish-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Inland Fisheries Ireland appeals for vigilance for presence of non-native species in Irish waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Potential presence of Pacific pink salmon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 south-west, west and north-west of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As pink salmon predominantly have a two-year lifecycle, there is potential for the species to reappear in Irish rivers again this year and every second so called \u2018odd\u2019 year thereafter. However, they can also turn up in \u2018even\u2019 years and a single specimen was recorded in the River Suir in 2018.<\/p>\n

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A Pacific pink salmon. Photo by Ola Ugeda.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also known as humpback salmon, pink salmon are a migratory species of salmon, native to river systems in the northern Pacific Ocean and nearby regions of the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. The species also has established populations in rivers in northernmost Norway and in the far northwest of Russia, originating from stocking programmes undertaken in this part of Russia since the 1950s until 2001.<\/p>\n

Although a single specimen was first recorded in Ireland in 1973, they were very rare in Irish waters until 2017. In the past week, pink salmon have been reported returning to rivers further south in Norway than anticipated which increases the likelihood of their reappearance in Irish rivers this year.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mature male pink salmon with characteristic humpback and spotted tail pib by Eva Thorstad NINA.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Also look at:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2017\/07\/27\/leitrim-observer-mysterious-pink-salmon-reported-in-west-of-ireland-river-systems\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2017\/08\/23\/salmon-farming-has-done-enormous-harm-to-fish-and-environment-warns-jeremy-paxman\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2016\/08\/18\/action-against-salmon-farms\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[1148,3590],"class_list":["post-14926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-ifi","tag-pink-salmon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t