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Weekly Update 14 Dec 24 – Marine Institute Salmon and Sea Trout Census 2023
The Marine Institute Annual Report outlines the activities of the MI in 2023. It is a large piece of work but our interest is focussed on activities involving wild Atlantic salmon, sea trout and the large scale ranching program being carried out in Burishoole. The trapping system in Burishoole is quite unique in that it […]
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Weekly Update 08 December 24
Salmon Watch Ireland would like to appraise our supporters of various activities which have come to our notice over the past week. The item which we would like to highlight is the newest research newsletter from Inland Fisheries Ireland and in particular the inbuilt data hub which is a very much needed public viewing platform […]
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Weekly Update 01 December 24
This update contains some interesting topics which Salmon Watch Ireland would like to highlight to our members and supporters. Mc Swynes Bay – Salmon Farming Licence The ongoing saga surrounding the attempts by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to renew and review extant licences for existing salmon farms continues with Mc Swynes […]
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Weekly Update
Salmon Watch Ireland attended a webinar concerning land based aquaculture systems. The discussion was both interesting and informative. Our goal here is to see salmon farming move on-land for the entire production cycle and it was interesting to see that hybrid systems utilising sea water (Flow Through) and RAS in combination worked effectively. The major […]
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Deenish Island – Re-establishment ongoing
Deenish Island salmon farm is currently undergoing extensive upgrading (October 2024) for the next stocking of smolts in February 2025, despite being ordered to close in 2019. This demonstrates the very obvious failings of government bureaucracy whereby the appeal against closure is ongoing for nearly six years. It is depressing that such a situation is […]
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The Marine Institute Year in Review 2023 includes a comprehensive count of wild salmon and sea trout for 2023 and demonstrates a declining and unstable population of wild salmon and dramatic population collapse of sea trout. The data covering the period 2019 to 2023 demonstrates a declining trend of survival at sea for wild salmon […]
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Farmed Salmon Mortality – A new low in Donegal
A new low has been reached in Donegal. Salmon farming has experienced enormous mortality events on a continuous basis but evidence is difficult to garner as the whole process of reporting is shrouded in secrecy. The majority of farm renewal applications are redacted heavily but the latest application has its mortality figures on display without […]
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Waterville Fishery – Another year draws to a close- Sea Trout in terminal decline
Waterville’s sea trout is in continuous decline and the issues with salmon farming continue. Deenish Island and Inishfarnard continue to operate and certainly are causing significant issues for the once iconic sea trout of Lough Currane. We will in conjunction with Currane fisheries soon launch a renewed campaign to highlight the damage caused by salmon […]
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Ballisodare Report – Inland Fisheries Ireland
Salmon Watch Ireland welcomes the publishing of the report concerning the large scale mortality event on the Ballisodare River in June and July this year. While the report does not specifically identify a cause of the mortalities, it does outline a number of factors which may have impacted the adult salmon population. It is encouraging […]
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Fish Kills – Ireland –
This is a most revealing report and should be studied to ascertain trends evident in data. It must also be stressed that diffuse sources from agriculture are probably the biggest threat to rivers and lakes which requires a change to macro policy concerning agriculture. Finance can go a long way to upgrading and replacing urban […]
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