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Clare river stream enhancements improve potential for increasing Lough Corrib wild fish stocks
Cairde an Chláir, a federation of local Clare river angling clubs Tuam, Cregmore/Athenry and Milltown are delighted to announce another successful year for the collaborative working arrangement with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). The state agency for the protection and conservation of fish in Ireland have now completed two 600m headwater nursery stream developments within the…
Extra wild trout and salmon for the Corrib system
Anglers who fish the Corrib or the river Clare, enjoy the benefit of development work which is undertaken by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). The agency work in collaboration with Cairde an Chláir, a catchment organisation representing angling clubs, stakeholders with fishing interests in the Clare river who share a commitment to improving wild fish stocks…
Quest to improve recruitment of wild fish
Albert Einstein wrote ‘Look deeper into nature, and you will understand everything better‘. Cairde an Chláir prime objective is to improve the recruitment of wild fish. Increasing wild brown trout and salmon stocks in a natural and sustainable way and we do this by providing nature with the tools to achieve this end. Working in…
Spurning Nature
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” These words are from a book, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, which…
The Finaway Restoration Project
In late September I walked a development in the Sheelin catchment, a tributary of the Mount Nugent river, the Finaway. Brenda Montgomery, Assistant Inspector, Inland Fishery Ireland (IFI) and Thomas Lynch, secretary Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association (LSTPA), kindly invited me to walk this development with them and to show me the work which they…
Sheelin 2024
At the turn of the Millennium, Lough Sheelin was a lost soul. Ireland’s anglers had given up on the fishery and the word was, it was finished. How that has now changed, acre for acre this very rich limestone lough is producing more trout in the 50 to 60cm size range than any other fishery…
Changes planned to the protection, management of rivers
Article from Colman O’Sullivan – RTE – 5 Sep 2024 The Government has set a target of bringing 300 water bodies to a “good” status by 2027. The latest action plan on water, launched today, outlines changes to how rivers are managed and protected. Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcom Noonan…
A History in the Making
2024 will be seen as a landmark year for Cairde an Chláir. In April the two fish bag limit was approved and put into law by Minister, Eamon Ryan and then at the end of July, the dream target of 3000 metres of stream development had been achieved. What a year, what a memorable time…
Lough Sheelin Trout Preservation Association
Cairde an Chláir is delighted to provide a link to the Lough Sheelin Trout Preservation Association (LSTPA) website. The LSTPA was founded to improve and preserve Lough Sheelin, at a time when all had given up on this once world famous fishery. They lobbied and campaigned to improve water quality within the catchment. This led to…
