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.
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
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 .
The atlantic salmon has been included on a Red List of 6 vunerable fish species in Ireland in a new report issued on 5.10.11. The eel is critically endangered and the salmon along with pollen, charr and various shads are considered … Continued
The runs of atlantic salmon into the rivers of Canada and US are well up this year as two reports from the ASF website show.
IFI are currently advertisng a tender to carry out a 2 year pilot study on the impact of seal predation on the Slaney and Moy estuaries. If this goes ahead it should provide a very interesting insight into how the salmon … Continued