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Press Statements 2002
Press Statements Archive
Mr Michael Callaghan re-elected as Chairperson of Shannon Regional Fisheries Board for 2002
Date: January 9th, 2002
Contact: Eamon Cusack - Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 061 455171 or 087 2425017
Mr Michael Callaghan has today been re-elected as Chairperson of the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. Mr Callaghan from Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan was first elected as Chairperson in June 2000.
Mr Callaghan is an elected member of the Board representing the 'Trout' category and has served on the Board as a member for the past ten years. Mr Callaghan is very active in angling in the Lough Sheelin area and is chairperson of NARA (National Angling Representative Association)
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Shannon Regional Fisheries Board gives Cautious Welcome to EPA Report
Date: 25th January, 2002
For Comment contact Mr Eamon Cusack - 087 2425017
The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board today gave cautious Welcome to the recent findings in EPA report released on Thursday 24th January 2002, where on an overall basis the EPA state that a 3% improvement registered in unpolluted waters in Ireland.
Eamon Cusack, Chief Executive Officer stated. "We would stress that this news should be viewed against the backdrop of declining water quality in Ireland over the last thirty years, and that the real test as to whether or not we have turned the corner on declining water quality is to now show a consistent improvement going into the future"
The Board is consistent in its views that all sections of our communities must sustain their efforts required to bring water pollution under control, this is borne out in the EPA report which states that "30% of Irish river channel is still polluted and that phosphorous enrichment is the main cause of this pollution"
The Board has noted its very own and one of Ireland's prized Brown Trout Fisheries, namely Lough Sheelin in Co Cavan comes for special mention in the EPA report, as a lake suffering from "long-term chronic pollution, which is affected primarily by agricultural pollution". The Board has for many years been advocating its concerns in relation to Lough Sheelin against the backdrop of farming practices in the Sheelin Catchment.
"Local Authorities, Industry and Agriculture hold the key to phosphorous based pollution reduction in our once pristine Irish waterways and it is here we must concentrate our efforts through educational awareness, co-operation, legislative enforcement and compliance and a sense of national pride and determination to restore water quality", concluded Mr Eamon Cusack
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