Irish Angling News. Sport Fishing, Longlining and Trolling Updates
#Angling - More than €400,000 has been made available to conserve and develop Ireland's inland fisheries resource by Minister of State Fergus O'Dowd, as he announced the opening of applications for the 2014 Salmon Conservation Fund(SCF), Midland Fisheries Fund (MFF)…
#Angling - The Irish Specimen Fish Committee's (ISFC) report on 2013's notable angling catches, which was published on Friday 31 January, includes two new records. The report reveals that it was a very good year for anglers, with large numbers…
IFI Invites Expressions Of Interest For Representation on Fishery District Committees
26th January 2014 Angling
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals to become or continue to be members of Fishery District Committees in the following Fishery Districts where commercial fisheries exist: Waterford; Lismore; Cork; Kerry; Limerick; Galway;…
#Angling - There's been another successful prosecution for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), this time against two people for coarse fishing offences on Whitewood Lake in Co Meath. Grigorij Charlamov and Liudmila Baseva were convicted at Navan District Court on 10…
#salmon – The Government has approved a suite of regulations and bye-laws that will govern the wild salmon fishery in 2014. These will come into effect from Tuesday 1 January 2014. Minister O'Dowd at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural…
#Angling - Christmas Day will see an early start to the new salmon angling season on a select number of fisheries. As Derek Evans writes in The Irish Times, the early fisheries include the Lower Liffey - from Islandbridge to…
Inland Fisheries Bill – Is a Rod Licence Being Introduced & Other Frequently Asked Questions
23rd December 2013 Angling
Q. What is the current status of the proposed Inland Fisheries Bill? A. DCENR, working closely with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), is finalising a wide-ranging and comprehensive review of the 1959 and subsequent Fisheries Acts with a view to introducing…
#fisheries – The Government has issued a statement on the proposed new Inland Fisheries Bill. The Minister of State, Fergus O'Dowd, along with representatives from the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) recently…
#Angling - An angler has narrowly avoided jail for assaulting two fisheries officers and fishing without a permit on the River Moy near Foxford in Co Mayo. Nick McKeown of Foxford was prosecuted by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) at a…
#SalmonFund - Angling clubs, commercial fishermen, fishery owners, riparian owners and landowners with an interest in a salmon fishery are invited to submit projects to the Salmon Conservation Fund 2013/14 Contributors Scheme. An initial fund of €200,000 is available in 2014…
#Angling - Fergus O'Dowd TD, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, has given statutory notice of his proposal to revise the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations to apply from 1 January 2014.…
#Angling - Ireland's shore anglers hooked the gold medal at the European Federation of Sea Anglers' 2013 Shore Championships in the Netherlands recently. As the Belfast Telegraph reports, Ireland secured the European shore angling title for the first time with…
#Angling - The tender process for State fisheries under the auspices of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) for 2014 is now open. A list of all available fisheries on Ireland's inland waterways is available to download as a PDF file HERE.…
Rare UK Sturgeon Fished-up Escapes Being Dished-Up But Where Did it Come From?
10th November 2013 Angling
#sturgeon – Another rare sturgeon, this time the type which produces caviar for posh dinner tables, has been caught in the UK. The mystery is where they are coming from. Anglers and commercial fishermen throughout the UK have been alerted…
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland has secured victory in recent prosecutions against illegal fishing in Co Louth and Co Meath. In Dundalk, Pat Smith of Annagassan, Co Louth was fined €100 for illegal salmon fishing and ordered to pay total…
#Angling - The Irish Times' Derek Evans rounds up the hive of activity on Ireland's inland waterways as the game angling season drew to a close for 2013. Records were broken in Cavan and Kerry, the latter's premier trout fishery…
