Daily Archives: November 3, 2019

Angling Notes: Best of Times on a weekend fishing outing to Cobh

Cobh in Co Cork certainly lived up to expectations following the recent fishing outing with a group from The Irish Times. The weekend was hailed as ‘one of the best’ in terms of quality of fish and the excellent accommodation afforded to our group. From the fishing perspective, we were, of course, blessed with probably the most experienced skipper in …

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Lave net fishery closure fear over catch and release plan

Image copyright Black Rock Lave Net Fishery Image caption Black Rock fishermen fish in the Severn Estuary between 1 June and 31 August Fishermen using a 400-year-old method have said plans to make them release their catches to preserve salmon stocks could threaten their future. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said its catch and release proposal could halt the decline of …

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