Mulkear LIFE’s salmon run photo is a hoax
We shared a photo this week of salmon leaping the weir at Annacotty on the River Mulkear, Limerick, on our Facebook page. We shared this photo from MulkearLIFE’s website in good […]
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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 […]
20 years since salmon reached the upper Shannon
We visited the beautiful Rivers Boyle and Feorish in the upper River Shannon catchment last week. We found that there was a good stock of brown trout present in both […]
River Brosna Special Area of Study 2014
Introduction The River Brosna has a catchment area of 1,273km2 and is the 3rd largest tributary of the River Shannon. It rises in Lough Owel north of Mullingar and flows through Mullingar into […]
Is angling a threat to salmon recovery on the Shannon?
The Lower River Shannon is currently managed as a ‘catch and release’ river, where only hatchery fish can be retained. However, there is currently a significant possibility that the salmon […]
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 […]
