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
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A report in yesterdays Atlantic Salmon Federation news highlights the penalties for illegal fishing in Newfoundland – a man with an untagged salmon got 1 months house arrest and a 5 year ban -see the report on 7 cases of … Continued
Salmon have returned to the Tolka in Dublin after over a hundred years – removing barriers and pollution leads to first arrivals – see IFI press release