Salmon Watch Ireland have issued a press release commenting on the Royal Society paper on the impact of sea lice on death of smolts at sea which reported a 39%increase in mortality associated with sealice. See Salmon Watch Ireland comment … Continued
The Tirconaill Tribune quotes Marine Harvest’s Managing Director in Ireland as saying that they will have to fallow 2 sites for periods over the next 2 years in response to Amoebic Gill disease. See Article here.
Yesterday’s press reported the findings of joint Irish /Norwegian research on the impact of sealice from salmon farms on the survival of smolts at sea. The report from the Royal Society and St Andrews University in Scotland shows a material adverse … Continued
The publication of the ministerial consultation on next seasons quotas proposes that the slaney is open on catch and release for 2013. http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/Notices/public-consultation-wild-salmon-and-sea-trout-tagging-regulations-for-2013.html Interestingly the photo used to illustrate the IFI site for this press release is of a Slaney … Continued
There has been a great response to the tripp to the Redds on the 17th and the list is now full. If you have not yet been in contact and would still like to go contact webmaster@slaneyrivertrust.ie and you can be put … Continued
The annual trip to the redds is planned for Saturday 17th November. This is great day out and is always interesting – see details in the events section below. Book your place now avoid disappointment.
Weather and water levels permitting we are planning the annual visit to the spawning redds on Saturday 17 November. Stephen Byrne of IFI has once again kindly agreed to host the trip. This is always an interesting day out and typically we would … Continued
The casting class which was originally scheduled for June and washed out was finally held in beautiful weather on the 8th of September. Instruction was provided by Mark Corp, Philip Maher, Mark Patterson and Brian McGlashen. A very informative and enjoyable … Continued
Please remember to return your completed and signed logbook to IFI no later than the 19th of October. Logbook returns are an important component of the advisory committees decision making process on whether individual rivers are to be open or closed. it is … Continued
Very little activity. Again only 2 fish reported to me one of which was a relatively recently arrived grilse. Last night the double handed cane rod angler I referred to in my last report went sea trout fishing with the same … Continued