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Angling &
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GOOD COARSE FISHING IN PLACES DESPITE THE RECENT INCLEMENT WEATHER
The tail end of hurricane Gordon lashed parts of the country for a
short time last week, bringing with it very heavy rain. Water levels have
risen significantly with some local flooding since the weekend. More heavy rain is on the
way as we write, but all the while it's very mild for the time of
year with temperatures peaking at 20 C. Not as much feedback this week
as the season advances. From reports received coarse angling was quite good
in places despite the conditions. Anglers from Cambridgeshire managed
some lovely Bream in the
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VIEW SPECIMEN COARSE FISH AWARDS SHANNON REGION 2005
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GREAT LATE SEASON RUN OF SALMON ON THE RIVER FEALE AND RIVER
MULCAIR
Torrential rain and high winds from the tail end of Hurricane
Gordon resulted in severe flooding in places last week. The
continuing inclement weather since has provided ideal conditions
for salmon fishing
on our spate rivers. Over the weekend
the River Feale fished very well with an abundance of salmon
caught and released. There was also a great run of fish into
the River Mulcair with both visiting anglers and locals enjoying
lively sport. Trout angling has been fairly good also with some
good sedge fishing reported on
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A TALE OF TWO WEEKS ON THE
CLARE DRAGOON SEA ANGLING CHARTER
Report by Luke Aston, Clare Dragoon Sea Angling charter operating
out of Carrigaholt Co Clare, September 24th.
Well this is certainly a tale of two weeks! Since my last report I
have had 2 groups of fisherman in for a weeks fishing. The first
arrived with a bad forecast and had a good week with the weather
working out fine. We did 2 days sharking and had a total of 7
sharks, also on those days we had some whiting, which were just
under specimen weight. The Pollock fishing was it’s .....
VIEW SPECIMEN MARINE FISH AWARDS SHANNON REGION 2005
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UPDATED FISHERIES NEWS TO SEPTEMBER
27th, 2006 |
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NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER COARSE FISH
CONFIRMED IN IRELAND
Chub a new species of freshwater coarse fish have been confirmed
for the first time in Ireland. The new species were located in the
River Inny downstream from Ballymahon in Co. Longford. The
confirmation was made during a major fish stock assessment survey on
the mid section of the Inny River undertaken by the
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MARINE MINISTER
JOHN BROWNE LAUNCHES DR MARTIN O'GRADY'S BOOK "Channels &
Challenges"
National Gallery, 30th
May 2006
Marine Minister,
John Browne T.D., this evening in the National Gallery of Ireland,
launched a book by Dr. Martin O’Grady of the Central Fisheries
Board. The book entitled Channels & Challenges is an
examination of the work done on the improvement and management of
Inland Fisheries over the past years.
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FISHERIES AWARENESS WEEK
ENDS FOR 2006
Fisheries Awareness Week 2006 now in its second year was a great
success. The week attracted lots of media attention and positive
reaction and was well attended. The fine spell of weather added to the
enjoyment of the week. There were many displays and fisheries
information was available at our Open Day venues. While educationally
rich it was also great fun with lots of outdoor activities and
competitions and the local events throughout the catchment attracted
much participation.
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FISHERIES BOARDS REJECT
CONSULTANTS PROPOSALS - PRESS RELEASE DATED OCTOBER 17th, 2005
A meeting of representatives of Regional Fisheries
Boards, held in Waterford, on Friday last, expressed serious concern
at reported proposals for the abolition of the Boards which are
responsible for the protection, development and management of inland
fisheries. The representatives said that proposals to disperse Board
functions among different agencies would undermine the holistic
approach which is now widely recognised as
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FIN - FISHERIES IRELAND NEWS SUMMER 2005 ISSUE
NO 7 PUBLISHED
New issue of FIN available free!
The official newsletter of the Central and Regional Fisheries Boards is
edited by Eamon Cusack ShRFB and is freely available from any of the Fisheries
Board Offices. You can order a copy by emailing your request to
info@shrfb.com
or
DOWNLOAD HERE in pdf (736Kb)
Covered in this issue is the recent 25 year celebration of the Central and
Regional Fisheries Boards, Invasive algae on Lough Corrib, Something Fishy's
Going on in the Shannon Catchment and an article about the Dublin Angling
Initiative and local community joint development of Darndale Fishing Pond and
lots more!
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