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…
Tag: Ardnacrusha
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
