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Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has undertaken an innovative tagging study to investigate the spawning migrations of bass. A large number of adult bass in Cork Harbour were tagged, and the study took place in partnership with Finn Okland from the…

#Angling - Erne Anglers members dominate across two squads selected to compete in the FIPSed World Youth Angling Championships in Portugal next summer. Jack Tisdall, youth team manager for the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland (NCFFI), announced the two…

#Angling - ​Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Joe McHugh has given statutory notice of his intention to make the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2015. The new Statutory Instrument will…

#Angling - Suggestions that Lough Sheelin may be kept open to all angling over the winter months have been criticised by the local trout protection association. As Cavan's Anglo-Celt reports, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) had proposed the idea of keeping…

At a sitting of Drogheda District Court on 15th September 2015, Judge William Hamill convicted a track machine owner, Mr Ronan Sheridan of Beshellstown, Garrison, Co Meath, under Section 131 of the 1959 Fisheries Act, for causing extensive damage to…

The Irish boat ‘Screaming Reels’ has won the Rosslare Small Boats Festival for the fifth year in a row. The boat, from Rosie’s Sea Angling Club in Cork, beat 36 other boats from across Britain and Ireland and caught 29…

#Angling - Newtownabbey anglers have urged vigilance after the discovery of a pollutant flowing into the Three Mile Water in the Co Antrim town earlier this week. As the Newtownabbey Times reports, the suspect discharge was coming from a sewage…

#Angling - Anglers are advised of a temporary closure of part of the River Suck fishery near Ballymoe, Co Galway. The section of the River Suck fishery from Cloonroughan to Cloondacarra Bridge, through Cloontrask Townland, is temporarily closed from yesterday…

#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) have announced a joint research programme into the economic and social issues of inland fisheries in Ireland. The objective of the programme is to provide evidence…

#Angling - A sea angler has died after being swept out to sea by an unexpected wave on the Waterford coast. As The Irish Times reports, the man was fishing on the shore at Bunmahon Beach near Dungarvan yesterday afternoon (Tuesday…

#Angling - Ireland’s most prestigious coarse angling event, the Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championship, takes place in less than three weeks' time from 6 September, with over 100 entries already registered.  The event attracts anglers worldwide to…

#Angling - Connacht are the new All Ireland youth team fly dressing champions, as the Galway Advertiser reports. And they were led to the title by a wide margin by captain Ciaran Reilly, who also claimed the individual All Ireland…

#Angling - More than 300 fish – including brown trout and sea trout – have been killed in a "major pollution incident" on the River Enler in Co Down, as the Belfast Telegraph reports. And local anglers have expressed their…

#lobsterfishing – Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. today launched a public consultation on proposals to regulate non-commercial pot fishing. Speaking about the proposals the Minister said: "This consultation is about sustainability, looking at the need…

#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) offers its congratulations to the Irish Home Nations boat and shore angling teams, representing the Irish Federation of Sea Anglers (IFSA), who recently completed a historic double by winning the Home Nations Boat and…

illegalfishing – At a sitting of Kilcock District Court today (16.07.15), Judge Grainne O'Neill convicted a man living in County Meath on the count of illegal fishing, and issued a fine of €50. Ion Onos, with an address at Apartment…