Category: stream development
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…
Another 3000 metres of Nursery Stream Development planned for 2025
Working in collaboration with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) Cairde an Chláir are proud to announce that 3000 metres of nursery stream development work is planned for 2025. There are four projects which have been prioritised for development in 2025 River section PDF document Abbert river – site 1 Riparian Protection & Fisheries Habitat Enhancement on…
Straight Channels a Transgression of the Law of Nature
The shortest path between two set points is a straight line, nature however, especially where a watercourse is concerned, doesn’t work in straight lines, it doesn’t take the quickest route or the most direct course, nature is a pure process which evolves over time. When the ice receded after the last ice age and temperatures…
Landmark achievement with 3000 metres of nursery stream enhancements for recruitment of wild brown trout and salmon
Working in collaboration with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), Cairde an Chláir welcomed representatives from organisations involved in the group success of attaining a landmark achievement year, to a photo opportunity to celebrate the completion of 3000 metres of nursery stream habitat enhanced for the recruitment of wild brown trout and salmon in the Clare river…
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…
Omaum Development
The Omaum, this 1400 metre enhancement completes our instream development work for 2024 and it will be the last of our posts for instream development work this year. This enhancement is the biggest of our scheduled developments and when added to the previous project work, the total for instream development accrued to 3000 metres for…
River Nanny, Drumaskin
Those who are familiar with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, will know that on a warm summers day Alice falls asleep and drifts into a dream about Wonderland. Well on my walk yesterday to cover the River Nanny development at Drumaskin, I felt like I was walking through Wonderland. This stunning 700 metre…
Birmingham Demesne roundup
Took a final look at the instream work for the Birmingham Demesne project. All instream development for this 500 metre enhancement has now been completed and attached are a few photos to round-up this projects work.