International Year of the Salmon- David Attenborough and Salmon Survival
Atlantic and Pacific salmon face many unique problems in today’s world. David Attenborough, a champion of nature, reflects on the perilous state of salmon stocks around the globe and warns that these salmon stocks cannot be saved unless we adapt our behaviour to protect our vital ecosystems.
Presentation: SWIRL Conference by Inland Fisheries Ireland
The presentation by Inland Fisheries Ireland demonstrates the stock levels as they exist today. Unfortunately there has been a steady decline in stocks post 2007 as indicated by the counter network across the country. It is not a very encouraging situation and is compounded by many factors both in-stream, near coastal and oceanic influences. With […]
Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout Data
Please see our updated resource center for all your information on salmon and sea trout in Ireland. The resource is updated each week to allow visitors to observe published data from public bodies or private research outlets. Please see our updated fish farming data at Aquaculture Data
Salmon Farming in Ireland
The advent of salmon farming in the late 1980’s in Ireland gave rise to much debate in regard to the negative effects that this new type of practice might mean for our coastal marine environment. Unfortunately the most visible consequence was observed almost immediately in that a strange and unexpected premature sea trout migration back […]