The Slaney River Trust is delighted to report that, following representations to the minister the river will be open for catch and release from 17 March 2012 rather than the 12 May as originally proposed in the Draft regulations. The details … Continued
A really enjoyable day out was had by about 15 Members and friends who attended the trip to Redds hosted by Stephen Byrne from IFI Clonmel. A report and photos will be posted when the redd counts are complete. In the meantime … Continued
Following legal agreemnt between the parties the Clonduline wier on the famous Careysville fishery is be removed next year according to a Ministerial press release.
A group of Carnew scouts supported by the SRT carried out a Kick Sampling exercise on 6 October. You can see the initial report and photos here
IFI’s press release on the closure and drainage of a section of the Grand Canal due to the need to eradicate NewZealand Pygmy weed highlights the danger posed by the introduction of foreign invasive species. The Slaney already suffers from … Continued
The 2010 Salmon and Sea Trout Catch Statistics have just been released and show that a total of 441 sea trout (over 40cms) were reported landed on the Slaney – 20% of the national Rod and line catch. Intuitively the number … Continued
Minister Pat Rabbitte has announced the draft regulations governing salmon tags and quotas for 2012. The Public has until 4 December to comment. The proposal for the Slaney is that the river is closed untl 11 May and catch and release thereafter.
There is a trip to the Redds planned for 26 November -see Events and Notices below for details
We are planning a trip to visit the spawning redds on Saturday 26 November weather permitting. Stephen Byrne of IFI has kindly agreed to host the trip. This is always an interesting day out and typically we would hope to … Continued
There were a huge range of scientific papers (see abstracts) presented at the Salmon Summit in France on 11 to 13 October.The Irish Times of 18 October reported on Ken Whelan’s comments on Salmon adapting to climate change .