Management plan for the Lower River Shannon
We have been continuing our surveys of the Lower River Shannon. This study is being undertaken to assess the implications of current management regimes on the Lower River Shannon Special Area…
Category: Atlantic salmon
The forgotten fishery of the Lower Shannon
The forgotten fishery of the Lower Shannon – the former salmon beats on the stretch of the river between O’Brien’s Bridge and Killaloe. This area of the river was the subject…
We need to change the management of Parteen fish pass
We want the fish pass at Parteen weir to be opened immediately and left open 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Passage of ‘wild’ fish upstream has to…
Why are salmon numbers in the Shannon so low?
This is Athlone weir on the middle reaches of the River Shannon, during early December 2014. If you ever wanted an example of the scale of ESB’s fisheries management failures…
Ballintra – another impassable ESB dam
This is Ballintra Gates at the outfall of Lough Allen, in the upper River Shannon. This dam has a fish pass that does not work. This is another ESB dam…
Did you know that salmon briefly returned to the upper River Shannon in 1994?
We visited the beautiful Rivers Boyle and Feorish in the upper River Shannon catchment in August 2014 to look for juvenile salmon. We found that there was a good stock…
Fish passage issues on the River Brosna at Clara
As part of our River Brosna Special Area of Study 2014, we visited the small hydroelectric station on the River Brosna at Clara on the 30th June 2014. This site…
Design problems with the new fish pass at Ennis
We visited the site of the new Larinier fish pass at the Mill Weir on the River Fergus at Ennis this week as part of an ongoing review we are…
