Uisce Éireann fined €1,500 over discharge of treated effluent in Co Cork
Fisheries officer tells court stretch of Owenbaun stream carpeted with fungal material, which suffocated invertebrate life
Inland Fisheries Ireland
Uisce Éireann fined €3,500 for incident that killed tens of thousands of fish in Co Cork
Water utility admits it let polyaluminum chloride enter Allow river at Freemount near Kanturk last June leading to fishkill
Investigation into death of nearly 1,100 Sligo wild salmon finds no specific cause
Inland Fisheries Ireland could identify no more than ‘potential’ contributory factors for fish kill, says spokesman
Where does your salmon come from? Fish farm escape highlights questions for consumers
The differences between ‘farmed’, ‘organically farmed’ and ‘wild’ salmon may be unclear to shoppers while imports from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands can be labelled as Irish
Farmed salmon enter largest wild fishery in west of Ireland after Killary Harbour escape
Escapees ‘pose a significant risk to wild Atlantic salmon populations’ returning to spawn, says fisheries agency
Agriculture most significant cause of fish kills over five decades, study finds
Inland Fisheries Ireland scrutinised 2,000-plus fish kills in Irish rivers and lakes from 1969 to 2022
Escaped salmon spread to more rivers in the west of Ireland
One prominent anglers’ representative said the incident highlighted an ongoing issue of lack of effective regulation in the salmon farming sector.
Salmon that escaped from fish farm have been found in three of Ireland’s most important angling rivers
Escapees from Killary Harbour fish farm ‘pose significant risk to wild Atlantic salmon populations’, says Inland Fisheries Ireland
Attempts being made to recover large numbers of farmed salmon after escape from cage in Killary Harbour
Mannin Bay Salmon Company confirms its ‘divers discovered a tear on one of our nets’
Wild Atlantic salmon deaths in Sligo river trigger investigation
Dead fish found near Ballisodare, south of Sligo town
Wild salmon are an Irish icon. Now they’re almost gone
The inability to protect a species that has such cultural power looks both cavalier and foolish
‘It is like a pilgrimage’: Salmon fishing continues on the Moy amid work to restore dramatic fall in numbers
Rod fishing for salmon on the Moy has been an economic mainstay for Ballina but catch numbers have been falling for decades and have declined steeply in recent years
Four men convicted of illegal salmon angling offences in Co Sligo
One man wore a wetsuit and snorkel to swim to an offshore net to capture salmon
Catastrophic decline of wild Irish salmon is another of the slow scandals of Irish life
Over the last few decades, we’ve driven the salmon from our rivers, recklessly but ruthlessly
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