The Central Fisheries Board is to step up its attempts to protect Lough Corrib and the Grand Canal from invasive species, which are threatening to choke them. The EU has given €1.5m for the work.
Ballina Town Council scooped a national award for its Salmon Capital of Ireland initiative last week.
Dodder Anglers' Association (DAA) celebrated its 50th Anniversary in grand style last Friday week with a most enjoyable dinner dance at the Tara Towers Hotel in Dublin. The occasion brought together members and friends to acknowledge the achievements of this outstanding angling club.
IRELAND's rivers and lakes are under attack -- from Russian and Japanese "invaders".
In the Wake of the recent Government proposal to set up a single National Inland Fisheries Board to replace the Central and Regional Fisheries Boards, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, has written to the regional fisheries boards' chairmen outlining his plans.
PORT HOOD — A bluefin tuna weighing more than 500 kilograms caught off the coast here last week was the 1,000th fish to be fitted with a tracking tag that will help collect data intended to improve the health of the species.
The salmon is one of the slipperiest customers of all, but a little perseverance will pay dividends - especially if your backdrop is stunning Galway
The location of the Galway fishery takes some beating. Within minutes of leaving it you are back in the centre of the city, where there is a wide choice of accommodation, restaurants and bars. My own favourites are:
Game Fishing for salmon and trout is not always easy, but it is one of the most pleasurable pastimes when conditions are right.
The last competition of the current season held by Moyola Angling Association, for the annual Gerald McLarnon Memorial Cup, brought victory for club member Jonathan Dorrity.
Lifeboat Crews in Ireland rescued 503 people in the first six months of this year, according to half-yearly figures released by the RNLI last Tuesday. Dún Laoghaire in Dublin and Crosshaven in Cork were the busiest stations, with 61 launches and 79 people rescued.
CREDIT-CRUNCH-BUSTING initiatives surround us. With supermarket price wars leading the field, it is easy to pass on some of the more obvious cash-saving ways that nature supplies us with. For all the black sole, halibut and tuna spread before us, there are plenty of other fish on offer that offer superb eating for a fraction of the price of their more expensive cousins.
The speedy response of a lifeboat crew was hailed as key to the rescue of an angler swept off rocks on the south west coast.
Perfect water conditions and a good turnout of anglers last Saturday meant a very successful days fishing with 5 salmon being caught in the J. McCalister Cup competition.
The Loughs Agency is to be congratulated for its stance on the protection of bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ) and tope ( Galeorhinus geleus ) in the Foyle and Carlingford areas of the North.
Illegal fishing is posing a threat to fish stocks nationally according to the Central and Regional Fisheries Boards
There is a concerted drive by Failte Ireland North West in conjunction with Cavan County Council to open up access to the lakes of Cavan for fishing and €1.6 million has already been expended on 14 projects. Of the funding for the projects, €1.3 million was provided by Failte Ireland with the remainder being provided by Cavan County Council.
An invasion of deadly jellyfish could stretch for hundreds of miles around the Irish coast, an expert said last night.
The killer jellyfish which devastated Northern Ireland salmon stocks have returned.
Seaside, OR - It was something the crew at Seaside Aquarium had never seen before. A salmon shark washed up in the Cannon Beach area Wednesday, still alive – which alone was a bit odd. But this salmon shark was covered in a dense layer of parasites in an unusual way.
It was perhaps Donegal's most unusual catch.
A POSTMORTEM was being conducted last night on the body of a man who died after being swept into the sea while fishing at Valentia Island in Co Kerry.
Following on from last weeks landslide which is thought to have been caused as a result of work that is being carried out on a wind farm site, Shannon Regional Fisheries Board's Matt Nolan has reported that to date 2,000 small fish have been removed from the Owengar River.
The third Waterways Ireland Erne World Pike Fishing Classic Competition takes place from Friday 24th October to Sunday 26th October on the River Erne in and around the town of Enniskillen. The three-day event will consist of a one-day shore fishing competition on Friday 24th October when anglers will be positioned at the fishing stands around Enniskillen.
Dublin's coastline could be in line for a whole new style of marine life if a proposal to sink four abandoned shipwrecks is accepted by a local authority.
