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 Ireland rivers in recent weeks, including in the Four Mile Burn in Co Antrim last month where more than 1,000 brown trout were killed.
Hundreds more were lost in an incident on a tributary of the Skeoge River in Co Donegal earlier this month, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.
While there is no specific cause identified behind these incidents, the chairman of the Ulster Angling Federation says the combination of factors including agricultural run-off and the dumping of raw sewage in waterways is killing angling in Northern Ireland.
BBC News has more on the story HERE.
