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#ANGLING - Henry's Tackle Shop in Ballybough is conducting a countrywide survey to determine the extent of the decline of bass activity around Ireland's coastline. According to the shop's Henry Lynam and Pat Daly, the last two years have seen…

#RESCUE - The Irish Times reports on the rescue of a swimmer in distress off the Donegal coast thanks to the help of a woman with binoculars. And the RNLI has paid tribute to the Malin Head coastguard unit for…

#DUN LAOGHAIRE NEWS - Dun Laoghaire will play host to sailing’s most exciting new global championship series when the MOD70 European Tour visits from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 September. Ireland has hosted many of the world’s top sailing events…

#SEAFOOD BUSINESS - Galway Bay Seafood's ready-to-eat seafood range has received a boost with a number of its products getting gold stars in the UK's Great Taste awards. The Galway Independent reports that the Galway-based fishmongers' barbecued salmon, barbecued and…

#ANGLING - Entries close next Friday 17 August for the Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championship, taking place from 10-14 September in Monaghan, Leitrim, Cavan and Fermanagh. Described at the world's richest coarse angling competition by the Leitrim…

#CELTIC MIST - The wait is almost over for the relaunch of the Celtic Mist, as The Irish Times reports on the completion of its 'make-under'. Tomorrow 12 August will see the ketch formerly sailed by late Taoiseach Charles Haughey…

#TEAM RACING - The inaugural EUROSAF Team Racing European 2 Keelboat Championships will be sailed at Lelystad in the Netherlands on 21-23 September. Entries are invited from teams of six sailors (only four of one gender) with no weight limit.…

#ANGLING - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has successfully won two court cases for illegal salmon fishing on the River Boyne in 2011. In the first case Arunas Butkus of Navan, Co Meath was fined €3,000 for illegal salmon angling and…

#MARINE WARNING - Two recent Marine Notices from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) highlight the safety recommendations made in reports by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) earlier this year into separate small vessel accidents, one of…

#COASTGUARD - Staff at the Clyde coastguard in Scotland have been devastated to learn that their station is still slated for closure after a U-turn on assurances from the British prime minister. The Lennox Herald reports that David Cameron sent…

#COASTGUARD - Coastal communities in Kerry have joined those in Donegal protest against plans to close the Malin and Valentia coastguard stations. In last Friday's This Island Nation, Tom MacSweeney discussed the attempts by management at the Irish Coast Guard…

#NORWAY DROWNING - An Irishman has died in a kayaking accident in Norway, as The Irish Times reports. UCC student and keen kayaker Colm Johnson, from Bandon in Co Cork, was paddling with four Irish friends on the "popular but…

#CLIFF DIVING - Russian cliff diver Artem Silchenko wowed the crowds on Inis Mor at the weekend, scoring big with a "breathtaking" new dive to take his second victory in a row in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.…

#COASTAL NOTES - A tunnel boring machine destined for work on the Corrib Gas Field project that became stuck at a country crossroads in Co Mayo for much of last week has been removed, as The Irish Times reports. Shell…

#COASTGUARD - A crewman on a French trawler off West Cork has been airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter, as RTÉ News reports. The fisherman is understood to have suffered head injuries on the fishing vessel some 240km off the…

#MARINE WILDLIFE - A stranded dolphin has been successfully refloated for the first time ever in Ireland thanks to the efforts of volunteers with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG). As the Irish Examiner reports, the group was alerted…

#LOUGH DERG - RTÉ News reports that the body of a man in his 40s was recovered from Lough Derg on Friday night. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was launched to investigate an upturned speedboat…

#OLYMPICS - Ireland's impressive showings in aquatic sports at the London Olympics may be the key to bringing in much needed corporate sponsorship, as the Evening Herald reports. Sailing in particular has yet to capture the public's imagination in the…

#OLYMPICS ON TV - Sailing action continues for another week at the London Olympics, with BBC Three and BBC HD being the best places to catch the race action on TV. First place Annalise Murphy will be racing her Laser…

#FISHING - Dingle fishermen trawling for tuna off the south-west coast of Ireland found a big surprise in their nets this week in the form of an enormous 2-metre-long bluefin. As The Irish Times reports, the Atlantic bluefin is considered…