• Deenish Island – Re-establishment ongoing

    Posted by John Murphy on November 4, 2024

    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 […]

  • Posted by John Murphy on November 3, 2024

    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 […]

  • Farmed Salmon Mortality – A new low in Donegal

    Posted by John Murphy on October 26, 2024

    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 […]

  • Waterville Fishery – Another year draws to a close- Sea Trout in terminal decline

    Posted by John Murphy on September 27, 2024

    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 […]