Federation of Irish Salmon & Sea Trout Anglers Conaidhm na Slat Iascair├¡ Brad├íin agus Breac Geal F.I.S.S.T.A. www.fissta.com National Secretary: NOEL CARR, Teelin Road, Carrick, Co. Donegal. Tel/Fax 074 9730300. Mobile: 0872352001 email: dgl1@indigo.ie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ — DONEGAL – MONDAY 21st DECEMBER 2015 PRESS RELEASE FROM FISSTA SANTA COMES EARLY TO SAVE GALWAY BAY AND THE …
Author: Noel Carr
The marine environment fights back
HERE IS A GREAT RETAIL REACTION TO THE GM SALMON ISSUE IN USA Sadly, there will be too many using GM salmon to make money despite the damage to the health of their customers. However, here is an article that moves the story on and shows that there are many who will resist this GM …
NEW DRAFT REGS LIST MORE CLOSED RIVERS FOR 2016
TIME TO REVIEW AND HALT THE SLIDE The recent publications of the draft regulations by Minister Joe Mc Hugh TD has left many river managers and clubs scratching our heads with disbelief as the salmon graph continues to decline. The Declan Tuffy article in the Anglers Digest (November issue) does feature one fishery, the Ballisodare, …
FISSTA CALL ON MINISTER COVENEY TO REVIEW MANAGEMENT OF MARINE INSTITUTE WITHIN HIS DEPARTMENT
Fissta recently highlighted their frustration with the Marine Institute assimilation of their advice to Minister Coveney. In a week where a major Scottish scientific report was released he announced the granting of a new open net sea cage license to Marine Harvest at Shot Head Bantry Bay Co Cork – as if he was acting …
Fissta Await Yet Another IFI Report
Here is an article penned by IFI CEO that was published in the Sunday business post yesterday. Albeit somewhat two years too late, FISSTA welcome this awakening as it in reaction to the findings of their Socio economic study announced in July 2013 that found our angling asset contributes Ôé¼750m to the economy. Ciaran Byrne …
Pet Owners Object to Farmed Salmon
This little cod went to market; this little salmon stayed home, this little tuna ate roast beef, and little tilapia had none. And this little porkfish ran all the way home! Pet owners refuse to buy canned pet food if it contains farmed salmon. Maybe human consumers will someday demand the same care for their …
Salmon Farming Kills Wild Salmon & Seatrout
Yet another new scientific paper that supports what we already know that up to 39% of migrating smolts see infested by sea lice and die in the mid atlantic before they reach their feeding grounds. If such a high number of salmon never return to their natal river then why is a government minister considering …
Serious Warning for wild salmon stocks.
Big Wave of Algae Boom heading towards Cork and Kerry salmon farms No matter how mad we believe salmon farming in open net cages in the sea are, it is in times like this when an algae bloom or bad weather is forecasted that we think of the damage that will be done to our …
FISSTA REGARD THIS FIGHT AS THE ALAMO FOR WILD SALMON AND ANGLING
GARDAI CALLED TO YET ANOTHER PROTEST IN DONEGAL AGAINST FISH FARMING
LINSFORT LICENSE PROVES YET AGAIN MINISTER COVENEYÔÇÖS TUNNEL VISION STRATEGY TO THE DETRIMENT OF TOURISM ONCE AGAIN. LAST MONTH FISSTA REFUSED TO WITHDRAW THEIR LEGAL NOTICE AGAINST SALMON CAGES DESPITE PARTIAL CLIMBDOWN BY MINISTER COVENEY AS ANNOUNCED IN THE IRISH TIMES IN LATE JUNE AS HIS DAFM CONTINUE TO ISSUE AQUACULTURE LICENSES WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION …