Opening Remarks AGM – Salmon Watch Ireland
Welcome to Salmon Watch Ireland’s AGM for 2023 being conducted by Zoom. This meeting is primarily held to conform with our obligations under the Companies Act. 2023 was again a year primarily dominated by our Judicial Review on the decision to award an aquaculture licence to MOWI in Bantry Bay. Having taken the decision to […]
NASCO Conference, Westport, County Mayo 2024
The annual North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) conference was held in Westport County Mayo from June 3rd to 7th . The NASCO conference is dominated by the government parties with limited but important input to discussions by the NGO’S. Ireland is well represented by our NGOs (including SWIRL) and our viewpoint on management […]
Request for Atlantic salmon conservation initiatives in month of September
Salmon Watch Ireland is asking the angling community to help preserve Atlantic salmon stocks by returning all salmon during the month of September. The background to this request is that the Atlantic salmon has faced a devastating downward spiral over the last number of decades but the past number of years have demonstrated an […]
AGM Remarks by Chair John Murphy
Remarks by John Murphy, chair of the board of Salmon Watch Ireland CLG, to the company’s annual general meeting on Monday 19th June 2023. Welcome to Salmon Watch Ireland’s AGM for 2022 being conducted by Zoom. This meeting is primarily held to conform with our obligations under the Companies Act. 2022 was a year […]