Irish Angling News. Sport Fishing, Longlining and Trolling Updates
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured a conviction against a man for illegally netting salmon on the River Nore. Francis Kennedy of Oaklawns, Paulstown, Co Kilkenny was accused of unlawfully capturing salmon at a catch-and-release fishery on 30 June this…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has gained a conviction against an angler for using live roach to catch pike. Aleksandr Gavryuchenkov of Ewings Bar apartments, Carlow was found to have illegally used live fish as bait in an incident near Ballytiglea…
Loughs Agency has completed an innovative fisheries improvement project along the Deele River in Donegal to enhance biodiversity, support water quality improvements, and maintain sustainable fish populations. In collaboration with local stakeholders, including landowner Ralph Sheppard, the Local Authority Water…
IFI Takes Case Against Construction Firm for Dublin Pollution Incident in Which More Than 1,000 Fish Died
18th October 2024 Angling
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has taken a prosecution against a construction firm after high levels of chlorine entered a Dublin river, killing more than 1,000 fish. The pollution event occurred on 23 August 2023 during the commissioning of a new…
IFI Welcomes Conviction Against Uisce Éireann for Pollution of Salmon and Trout Spawning Habitat
17th October 2024 Angling
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has welcomed a conviction against Uisce Éireann following a wastewater treatment plant discharge into an important salmon and trout spawning and nursery habitat. Effluent from the Curry wastewater treatment plant in Co Sligo entered the Owengarve…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured a conviction against a creamery co-op for the pollution of a Co Tipperary river. Tipperary Cooperative was found to have committed water pollution offences at the River Ara in Tipperary town — and must…
Boating Restrictions Around Erne Pike Classic in Enniskillen This Weekend
10th October 2024 Inland Waterways
Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels and waterways users on the Erne System in Northern Ireland that the 19th Erne Pike Fishing Classic will take place in Enniskillen from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 October. Waterways users are advised that…
Erne System: World Championship Predator Boat Fishing Competition This Week
2nd October 2024 Inland Waterways
Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels on and users of the Erne System that the World Championship Predator Lure angling competition will take place from Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 October. The event will take place at the Share Discovery…
Multi-Agency Approach To Remove Man-Made Barriers to Fish Migration on Rivers Called For By Social Democrats TD
27th September 2024 Inland Waterways
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore has called for a multi-agency approach to remove or remediate thousands of man-made barriers to fish migration in Ireland’s rivers. Whitmore, the party’s spokesperson on biodiversity, said that “what is happening across Ireland’s network of…
IFI Report on Ballisodare River Salmon Deaths Find No Specific Cause of Fish Kill
23rd September 2024 Angling
A scientific report by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has found that no specific factors could be conclusively established as the cause of death of nearly 1,100 adult salmon in the Ballisodare River in Co Sligo. However, extensive investigations undertaken by…
Farmed salmon have been found in Lough Corrib which are believed to have escaped from a cage off Killary fjord last month. As The Irish Times reports, Lough Corrib is a special area of conservation and the west of Ireland’s…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is seeking applications to a new €250,000 fund enabling those who are disabled or disadvantaged to enjoy fishing and related activities. IFI’s Go Fishing Fund 2024 will provide angling supports to people with a disability or…
MCIB Raises Need for "Regulated Training"To Improve Safety Among Recreational Craft Users
29th August 2024 MCIB
Water Safety Ireland should consider researching whether some form of “regulated training” would improve basic safety education among recreational craft users, the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has said. Regulated training would be a matter for the Minister for Transport,…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has published a major new report on 2,107 fish kills occurring in Irish rivers and lakes between 1969 and 2022. The detailed study is the first comprehensive overview of related trends, locations, causes and population recoveries…
Inland Fisheries Ireland Monitoring Co Galway Rivers for Escaped Farmed Salmon
22nd August 2024 Angling
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) says its teams are monitoring, trapping and sampling farmed fish encountered in rivers in Co Galway and liaising with fishery owners and anglers following an incident in Killary Harbour last week. The agency says it is…
Anglers in Northern Ireland have been advised not to eat any fish caught in Co Antrim’s Six Mile Water, which feeds into Lough Neagh, for the foreseeable future. As BBC News reports, Antrim & District Angling Association (ADAA) posted the…
