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Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications have suspended all fishing and angling on the Ballysadare System in Co Sligo due to concerns about more than 900 dead salmon found in an as yet unexplained…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) says it is investigating the deaths of around 850 wild Atlantic salmon in a Co Sligo river. The deceased salmon have been found in the lower Ballisodare River, near Ballisodare, south of Sligo town. IFI says…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured convictions against two men for separate illegal fishing net offences with total fines and costs/expenses of €3,400 levied. In one case, a man set a fishing net on a beach using a tractor. In…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured a fine and costs of €1,750 against a man for illegal fishing on a premier salmon fishing river, with a suspended sentence also imposed. Patrick Moran of Knappagh Beg, Westport, Co Mayo was fined…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has opened the fourth and final draw for anglers wishing to catch and keep salmon from Cork’s Lower River Lee in 2024. ‘Brown tag’ regulations came into force on the river from 1 February and will…

Anglers in Northern Ireland say they are “fighting an uphill battle” against pollution incidents that have resulted in a spate of fish kills throughout the region. As BBC News reports, thousands of fish have been lost in incidents across Northern…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) says it is continuing to investigate a major fish kill in Co Cork in which at least 5,000 fish have died. The pollution incident occurred on the River Allow, a tributary of the Munster Blackwater catchment…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) says it is continuing to investigate a fish kill in Co Donegal on Thursday (6 June) in which early indications suggest up to 250 fish may have died. The pollution incident occurred on a tributary of…

Spawning Atlantic salmon in Ireland’s rivers have suffered a “catastrophic decline in one generation”, according to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland on Monday (3 June), IFI deputy chief executive Dr Cathal Gallagher said numbers of wild…

More than 1,000 brown trout have been lost in a major fish kill on a Co Antrim river, as BBC News reports. On Friday (17 May), Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) confirmed the incident resulting…

RNLI coxswain Mark Gannon with West Cork’s Courtmacsherry lifeboat was on a call out in December 1981 when he and his crew heard over the radio about the Penlee lifeboat disaster - when an entire lifeboat crew was lost off…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has opened the third draw for anglers wishing to catch and keep salmon from Cork’s Lower River Lee in 2024. ‘Brown tag’ regulations came into force on the river from 1 February and will remain in…

Applications have opened for experienced angling skippers to catch and release Atlantic bluefin tuna as part of a collaborative scientific survey. The initiative targets Atlantic bluefin tuna — the world’s largest tuna species — to collect information on their sizes,…

Loughs Agency, in collaboration with Enagh Seniors Group and volunteers from River Faughan Anglers, recently organised a tree-planting event at Teenaght, situated along the scenic banks of the River Faughan near Claudy. Approximately 150 willow saplings supplied by Enagh Seniors…

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) says it is continuing to investigate a significant fish kill near Ballingarry, Co Tipperary in which up to 500 fish may have died. The pollution incident occurred on the upper reaches of the Kings River, a…

Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels on users of the Erne System in Northern Ireland that the downstream section of the Henry Street Floating Jetty in Enniskillen will be closed from this Sunday 21 to next Friday 26 April. This…