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
There is an interesting piece in September’s “Field” concerning two fish in Scotland released and immediately caught again. I have heard of a similar incident on the Blackwater where a few years ago a salmon took a worm immediately after being … Continued
There is a thread on the Salmon fishing Forum looking for details on Salmon over 35 Lbs caught in Irish Rivers and not in Fred Bullers book. There is currently only one Slaney Salmon in the list. This is the large … Continued