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Category: Shannon salmon management programme

Posted on November 10, 2021November 13, 2021

ESB claims that all the salmon counters at their dams “malfunctioned” in 2020

No salmon counts are available for 2020 for the ESB dams on the Lower River Shannon, River Lee, and River Erne. In the ESB Fisheries Conservation annual report (2020), they…

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Posted on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

“Falls of Doonass”, January 2020

Lower River Shannon “Falls of Doonass”, January 2020. The old “Moreek” pool is also featured – formerly part of the internationally renowned Hermitage salmon fishery. Over 96% of the flow…

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Posted on June 15, 2018June 17, 2018

Sixty years of failure at Parteen Salmon Hatchery

The ESB salmon hatchery at Parteen weir is open 60 years this year and over that time it has released c.30 million juvenile salmon into the River Shannon. However, runs…

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Posted on March 6, 2016November 9, 2021

Study shows dramatic impact of ESB dams on salmon

A new study just published shows that salmon runs on Shannon are less than five percent of what they should be. This is due to the impact of ESB dams. Essentially the salmon…

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Posted on May 24, 2015June 16, 2018

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…

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Posted on December 11, 2014May 16, 2016

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…

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Posted on August 30, 2014December 8, 2016

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…

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Posted on August 23, 2014April 19, 2018

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…

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