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Category: World Fish Migration Day

Posted on January 13, 2020February 14, 2020

No way downstream for kelts on the Shannon

The fish pass at Ardnacrusha of the Lower River Shannon lets very few salmon upstream, but for those salmon that find their way through to the upper Shannon to spawn…

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Posted on April 19, 2018August 23, 2018

The last of the River Shannon salmon?

These parr are naturally spawned salmon and I found these during an electrofishing survey in the Island River near Ballymoe, Co Galway in August 1998. This river is a tributary…

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Posted on April 18, 2018April 19, 2018

Let’s get salmon back to the upper River Shannon

This is the stretch of the upper River Shannon above Lough Allen. This is a clean upland catchment with considerable salmon production potential. If this river flowed directly into the…

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Posted on April 15, 2018April 15, 2018

World Fish Migration Day 2018, Ormston House, Limerick

World Fish Migration Day 2018 will take place on the 21st April 2018. Join us in Ormston House, Limerick, at 11am for a discussion on Restoring the River Shannon. For World…

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  • About the old river shannon trust
  • Aerial photos, Lower River Shannon
  • Alluvial forest 91EO
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  • Floods January 2014
  • Gallery 1: Historical
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  • Gallery 3: Castleconnell
  • Meelick, January 2014
  • Parteen, February 2014
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  • Why are there no salmon in the upper River Shannon?