Irish Angling News. Sport Fishing, Longlining and Trolling Updates
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured the prosecuted of a Co Waterford man for illegal netting of salmon on the River Colligan in Dungarvan. Arthur Daly of Dungarvan pleaded guilty to breaches of Sections 94(1), 96(1) and 97(2)…
#Angling - The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has issued new bye-laws for anglers on conservation of salmon and sea trout on three rivers in the West of Ireland. Bye-law No 917 provides for catch and release in…
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has established a new National Bass Programme to collect data on bass in order to provide scientific advice to support management and conservation of Ireland’s only marine fish managed for angling. According to IFI,…
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is currently carrying out a complete fish stock survey on Lough Ree in the Midlands to assess the current status of coarse, pike and game fish populations in the lake. The survey, which began…
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has given notice of public consultations on draft angling byelaws for the Rivers Suir, Nore and Slaney. The draft angling byelaw for the River Suir provides for catch and release when angling for salmon…
#brainhacker – Celebrity 'Brainhacker' Keith Barry shows his support for the RNLI at the recent angling exhibition (L-R) George Duffy (Howth RNLI), John McKenna (Lifeboat Sea Safety Officer, Howth RNLI), Keith Barry and Alan Gielty (Achill Island RNLI) pictured at the…
#Angling - The Ireland 2014 Angling Show this weekend is the perfect opportunity for all ages to learn how to fish, according to the Dublin Angling Initiative (DAI). The event at the National Show Centre in Swords, Co Dublin on…
#Angling - Attending the Salon de la Pêche at Clermont-Ferrand in central France last weekend, Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd lent his support to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the Loughs Agency, Northern Ireland's Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL)…
#Angling - More than €400,000 has been made available to conserve and develop Ireland's inland fisheries resource by Minister of State Fergus O'Dowd, as he announced the opening of applications for the 2014 Salmon Conservation Fund(SCF), Midland Fisheries Fund (MFF)…
#Angling - The Irish Specimen Fish Committee's (ISFC) report on 2013's notable angling catches, which was published on Friday 31 January, includes two new records. The report reveals that it was a very good year for anglers, with large numbers…
IFI Invites Expressions Of Interest For Representation on Fishery District Committees
26th January 2014 Angling
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals to become or continue to be members of Fishery District Committees in the following Fishery Districts where commercial fisheries exist: Waterford; Lismore; Cork; Kerry; Limerick; Galway;…
#Angling - There's been another successful prosecution for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), this time against two people for coarse fishing offences on Whitewood Lake in Co Meath. Grigorij Charlamov and Liudmila Baseva were convicted at Navan District Court on 10…
#salmon – The Government has approved a suite of regulations and bye-laws that will govern the wild salmon fishery in 2014. These will come into effect from Tuesday 1 January 2014. Minister O'Dowd at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural…
#Angling - Christmas Day will see an early start to the new salmon angling season on a select number of fisheries. As Derek Evans writes in The Irish Times, the early fisheries include the Lower Liffey - from Islandbridge to…
Inland Fisheries Bill – Is a Rod Licence Being Introduced & Other Frequently Asked Questions
23rd December 2013 Angling
Q. What is the current status of the proposed Inland Fisheries Bill? A. DCENR, working closely with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), is finalising a wide-ranging and comprehensive review of the 1959 and subsequent Fisheries Acts with a view to introducing…
#fisheries – The Government has issued a statement on the proposed new Inland Fisheries Bill. The Minister of State, Fergus O'Dowd, along with representatives from the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) recently…
