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  Newsletter Number 27 – 16 December 2025 Salmon Watch Ireland

  We are writing to share our latest newsletter, which focuses on the urgent need to curtail salmon exploitation and the importance of the tagging measures announced by Inland Fisheries Ireland. The newsletter outlines the biological necessity of maximising the number of salmon reaching the spawning grounds in light of the continued and severe decline in […]

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  Newsletter Number 26 – Changing Waters – Why salmon need full system protection more than ever.

  We are publishing this newsletter as a result of suggestions that some individuals argue that catch-and-release does little to help revive wild salmon, claiming that broader environmental pressures make angling practices irrelevant. We fundamentally disagree. In rivers that are below their Conservation Limit, every surviving adult is vital to the future of the stock. When […]

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  Gearhies Bantry Bay Submission – Salmon Watch Ireland

  Salmon Watch Ireland (SWI) submits that aquaculture licences T05/122 and T05/122A cannot lawfully be renewed. The application by Murphy’s Irish Sea Food fails to meet fundamental requirements under the Habitats Directive, Water Framework Directive (WFD), EIA Directive, and the Nature Restoration Law, and does not remove the scientific doubt necessary to permit authorisation. Legal Compliance […]

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  Press Release Salmon Watch Ireland – New Conservation Measures

  Salmon Watch Ireland Strongly Welcomes 2026 Salmon Protection Measures and Calls for a Fair Transition Away from All Commercial Exploitation 22 November 2025 Atlantic salmon stocks in Ireland have reached critically low levels, and decisive intervention is now essential to ensure that as many fish as possible survive to reach their spawning grounds in the […]

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  Salmon Tagging Regulations – Newsletter Number 25 – November 25-2025

  Across Ireland, Atlantic salmon stocks have reached alarmingly low levels, a situation clearly reflected in Inland Fisheries Ireland’s 2026 scientific assessments. Many rivers now fall below 65% of their Conservation Limit (CL) resulting in unprecedented numbers of rivers being designated Catch & Release only or fully closed under the 2026 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout […]

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