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Collapse of Salmon Stocks – An examination of illegal and unregulated fisheries
The focus of this update is to inform you of the recent addition of a scientific paper examining the many impacts on salmon with a particular emphasis on unregulated illegal fisheries at sea. Please click on document below.
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Annacotty Weir and Catch Advice 2025
Salmon Watch Ireland would like to update our supporters on the catch advice for 2025 and Annacotty Weir. Please click on the documents below.
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Update 27 January 2025 – Salmon Watch Ireland
Please find an update from Salmon Watch Ireland. The following topics discussed include the newest study on the removal of salmon farms in British Columbia which appears to have heralded an extremely positive effect on Chum salmon. We also explain the tagging and sampling program at Greenland which is a very important aspect of understanding […]
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Newsletter 2025 – Salmon Watch Ireland
Please find a PDF copy SWIRL NEWSLETTER 12025 of the newsletter as published today. We anticipate that you may find it of interest. In this issue we among other subjects examine the effect of hydro schemes and the various turbines associated with the many hydro systems around Ireland. It is a subject that we all […]
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Weekly Update 04 January 2025
Welcome to 2025 from Salmon Watch Ireland. We will be publishing our annual look back at all things wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout in the coming weeks. We hope you will find it interesting and that 2025 will see some progress on many issues to be highlighted. We understand that many catchments did see […]
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Weekly Update – 20 December 2024
Deenish Island Update – The Aquaculture Licence Appeal Board has again delayed the determination of the appeal related to the closure of the salmon farm at Deenish which was ordered to close in April 2019. This farm has continued to operate and can do so, while the appeal process is ongoing. This is a process […]
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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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