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A shallow river flanked by trees and greenery on both sides, with the arches of a stone bridge visible in the background and a lone male angler standing in the water to the right of the foreground
A public consultation on the Loughs Agency’s angling and fisheries improvement strategy and action plans for Foyle and Carlingford has been launched. The consultation, which will run for a period of eight weeks, will provide members of the public with…
The FV Margiris dockside
Fishers in Ireland and conservation groups are keeping a close eye on the supertrawler Margiris, which is currently fishing off Ireland’s West Coast. According to GalwayBeo, the controversial factory ship has been labelled a “vacuum cleaner of the sea” for…
Eight salmon seized in the IFI operation to combat illegal netting at Garnish Bay in West Cork on 28 June 2022
Two Cork men have been fined a combined €4,000 over an incident in June last year which resulted in the seizure of a 500-plus-metre net and eight illegally caught salmon. Frank Sheenan of Dursey Sound, Co Cork and Denis Healy…
Fishing trawlers in port. The Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation (IS&WFPO) has welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling that the Government policy directive introducing a ban on trawling inside the six nautical-mile limit is invalid and of no legal effect
Two fishermen have won an appeal over a ban on trawling inside the Irish six-mile limit. A judgment issued by the Court of Appeal has ruled that the Government policy directive introducing a ban on trawling inside the six nautical-mile…
Ballintoy beach on Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast
Water quality activists have alleged that people are “getting ill” after swimming at beaches in Northern Ireland, as BelfastLive reports. Campaign group Surfers Against Sewage suggests that the public is being let down by NI’s water testing system, which currently…
Wicklow RNLI All Weather Lifeboat arriving back into Wicklow harbour following the callout
RNLI lifeboats from Wicklow and Arklow were involved in a multi-agency search for a missing surfer at Magheramore beach on Friday morning (10 March). Wicklow RNLI and Arklow RNLI were tasked to search for a missing surfer south of Wicklow…
Fishing organisations say they need to be afforded equality and respect to represent the views of their sector
The country’s major fishing organisations have called on the Oireachtas Committee dealing with the development of Marine Protected Areas to listen to them as it has to environmental organisations. The country’s major fishing representative organisations have claimed that the Committee’s…
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) are to provide training to owners & skippers of a number of vessels that are required to adopt the use of the Electronic Recording & Reporting System (ERS)
Skippers and owners of smaller Irish fishing vessels are to be given training in the use of electronic logbooks at sea. The training is to be provided for the 12 to 15-metre category of vessel which had been exempt until…
The 2022 Colours Boat Races coin toss took place on Sunday, 5th March at the dining hall of Trinity College Dublin, overseen by the Minister for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne. Pictured left to right are Isabel Doyle, Captain of Dublin University Boat Club; Alicia O’ Neill, Captain of Dublin University Ladies Boat Club, Minister for Sport and Physical Education; Thomas Byrne, Ellie Scott, Captain of UCD Women’s Boat Club and Shauna Fitzsimons, Captain of UCD Men’s Boat Club. Dublin University Boat Club won the toss and will take the north station for the Gannon Cup and the Dan Quinn shield. Dublin University Ladies Boat Club won their coin toss and chose to race on the north station for the Corcoran Cup and the Sally Moorhead Trophy.
The 73rd Colours Rowing Race between Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin will occur on Saturday, 25th March from 12:30 pm. The race sees Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin go head-to-head again on the Liffey, racing from…
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Waterford’s local authority has removed a long-abandoned trawler that had become a magnet for fly-tipping and vermin at a scenic pier, as the Irish Examiner reports. The fishing vessel was once part of a fleet of ‘50-footers’ promoted by Bord…
The Lower River Lee in Cork city
The deadline to enter the second online lottery for ‘brown tags’ for wild salmon angling on the Lower River Lee is 5pm on Monday 20 March. A further 40 brown tags will be issued on Wednesday 22 March, following the…
Lough Currane in Co Kerry is part of the Waterville system
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has issued a reminder to anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea…
Arthur Reynolds pictured at The Skipper Expo in Galway in 2014
Marine journalist and sailor Arthur Reynolds has passed away peacefully in Blackrock, Co Dublin, in his 94th year. Reynolds, founding Editor/Publisher of The Irish Skipper and publisher in the mid-1970s of Ireland Afloat, was a lifetime sub-editor and a former night…
Caroline Bocquel is the new Chief Executive Officer of Bord Iascaigh Mhara
BIM’s new chief executive Caroline Bocquel has warned the offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector that it must improve its communication with the Irish fishing industry. She has also told offshore wind developers that there should be “minimal impact” on the…
John Lynch of the Irish South & East Fish Producers Organisation with Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue at the official naming of The Fishing Pier at Howth in north Co Dublin
Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue today (Thursday 2 March) officially named the new €10m ‘Fishing Pier’ at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre, one of the six State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres. The works comprised the construction of 134 metres of new quay wall,…
Rowers taking part in a previous Erne Head of the River in Enniskillen
Waterways Ireland advises masters and owners of vessels on the Erne System that the Erne Head of the River rowing race will take place this Saturday 4 March. The event will start upstream of the Killyhevlin Hotel and will race…

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