| Noel Carr | Signed on: Thu 08 Nov 2007 02:03:29 CST
Please help FISSTA with our end of season survey.
Has your angling improved this season?
How can we increase the runs of salmon and seatrout?
Responses to dgl1@indigo.ie |
Chris Gallagher
from n.ireland | Signed on: Thu 18 Oct 2007 22:09:13 CDT
As a salmon angler on the foyle system i am concerned about certain going on's within the loughs agency.I am a season ticket holder at cloghan fishery and i fish there quite alot.The reason im commenting on this issue is because the loughs agency are saying that the finn is close to dangerous conservation levels and are blaming the salmon leap at cloghan lodge for the decline,but what they dont mention is that they are still drift netting the foyle and slaughtering thousands of salmon which are migrating to the finn and tributarys.Also they are concerned so much about this salmon leap that they are never seen to be there policing this area.If they were there they would see what is caught in this area instead they are listening to the neighbouring fishery who have wanted this area closed down for years.A celebrity owns this fishery and is very close to the loughs agency im lead to believe.To simplify things they are looking to blame the biggest fishery on the foyle system for not meeting targets yet all the true anglers know that the drift netting is to blame.In saying all of this the finn got its best spring run in 20 years and got a great run of grilse also but this is were i will use the word corruption as the fish counter numbers have been kept low for some reason or other.The river has got twice the fish as to what the counter tells us,As i fish the river alot and have many friends also who fish the river we know the true facts.We have a corrupt loughs agency.BANN DRIFT NETTING ON THE FOYLE AND PROBLEM SOLVED, EASY ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE... |
noel carr
from Carrick Donegal Ireland | Signed on: Mon 24 Sep 2007 02:27:50 CDT
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Noel Carr |
Udo
from Essen Stoppenberg/Germany | Signed on: Tue 20 Feb 2007 13:10:08 CST
Hi Fissta's,
good webpage keep up the brilliant work. |
gerry quinn
from Derry | Signed on: Tue 16 Jan 2007 23:43:01 CST
Hard on the heels of the publication in Dublin of new regulations aimed to reduce exploitation of salmon in Irish waters, the Loughs Agency have also put forward proposals for the Foyle and Carlingford areas. The consultation on these proposals will run until February 8th and all interested parties should consider a response.
It is remarkable, but welcome that within a few short months those tasked with managing and protection our salmon stocks have at last accepted what scientists, anglers and conservationists have been saying for years, that salmon stocks are declining across their range, and the amount of commercial fishing being allowed was, and is unsustainable.
The use of drift nets outside the Foyle is to be ended, since the fish harvested there have been found to include stocks returning to other fisheries all along the Irish coast. Within the Lough there is s reduced likelihood of nets picking up salmon from other areas, so netting may be allowed to continue, albeit with restrictions.
This is a significant reversal of the position on the Foyle system, where we were told for years that a commercial cull of salmon stocks was necessary, as there were simply too many fish. Now it is argued that there are too many nets, and even reducing the number of nets might not be enough: those remaining might simply scoop up the fish that the others would have caught.
The issue of a limited number of licences to fish with drift nets within Lough Foyle will require the applicants to supply information relating to their fishing activities in previous years: log books, sales dockets and tax returns. How many fishermen will be willing or able to provide such information remains to be seen.
On top of this, there will be moves to encourage netsmen to voluntarily cease netting, compensated by contributions from those who continue to net, and by anglers. This will be funded by charging for “carcass tags” which must be attached to every fish killed.
Instead of monitoring the fish going over the weir at Sion, counters on the Faughan, Roe and Finn will be monitored and if the numbers dip below what is needed, then all fishing, by net or rod will stop throughout the system.
The proposed changes to angling regulations are more complicated and convoluted than those for netting. Anglers will be allowed to take only one fish per day from the start of the season until May 31st, subject to a total of five for the period. These fish will have a blue tag attached. For the remainder of the year, 2 fish per day, up to a limit of 20 can be taken, and the tags for this period will be black, rather than blue. Blue tags may not be used during this period. There will be a charge for tags, with a refund for those not used.
It is also anticipated that a ban on rod caught salmon may be introduced later, but that idea is not included in the proposals currently tabled.
Having caught their limit anglers must stop fishing for salmon, but may continue fishing for trout using tackle “which is not attractive to salmon”. Effectively this should stop anglers using large hooks or baits which cause injury and prevent fish being released safely but it will not stop anglers catching salmon.
For local anglers the implications are many people who traditionally take lots of fish will be in trouble, and salmon fisheries which are promoted heavily on the basis that anglers kill thousands of fish per year will be faced with something of a dilemma. Do they concede the need to conserve the species or do they encourage fishmongers to slaughter salmon as they gather in well known bottle necks on rivers such as the Finn? One fishery on the Finn boasted a catch of 2500 fish in 2005. Having fished the upper Finn for years, it has been apparent in recent years that the fish are simply not getting up any more.
For netsmen the question is, can they prove that salmon fishing is a substantial part of their livelihood, and will they provide evidence, including tax returns to support this. For the people “ on the double this may not be so easy.”
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| Harry Hamburg | Signed on: Tue 16 Jan 2007 23:43:32 CST
Greetzings from Hamburg Harbor - Fish Forever!
http://www.fitforeurope.com/germany/hamburg/hamburg-harbor.htm
Hamburg Germany nice to see!!
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