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Posted on November 8, 2013November 11, 2014

Is the ESB doing doing enough for silver eels on the River Shannon?

Is the ESB doing enough for silver eels on the Shannon or is their trap and transport exercise little more than another public relations stunt? They will do good to…

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Posted on July 14, 2013January 13, 2015

Poaching and illegal fishing on the Lower River Shannon

We  have had a number of reports in again regarding illegal fishing and netting on the Castleconnell Fishery recently. On one day one angler told me that he saw five…

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Posted on July 14, 2013May 17, 2016

The failure of the Ardnacrusha fish-lift

The fish pass at Ardnacrusha is a Borland type vertical fish-lift. The bottom chamber and the vertical shaft are built in an area which was left for a 6th turbine…

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Posted on April 28, 2013May 24, 2014

Why are there no salmon in the upper Shannon? : Reason 3

One of the main problems facing salmon in the River Shannon after the Shannon scheme was opened was that the main flow of water was now coming out of the…

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Posted on April 27, 2013April 9, 2017

The Shannon scheme – a one way journey for Salmon

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

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Posted on April 27, 2013May 27, 2016

Why are there no salmon in the upper Shannon ? : Reason 1

Why are there no salmon in the upper Shannon ? : Reason 1 Smolt Turbine mortality: The floods of May take the smolts away; delay and carnage at Ardnacrusha The smolt…

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Posted on April 14, 2013September 4, 2014

What was the greatest ecological disaster in Ireland?

Ian D Rotherham recently published book ‘The Lost Fens: England’s Greatest Ecological Disaster‘ is highly recommended. A recent review in the ‘Independent’ can be found here. Very few parts of…

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