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There will be no commercial netting in Greenland’s mixed-stock fishery starting this August, thanks to the Trojan work of the legendary late Orri Vigfusson, the North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF) Iceland board and Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) After months of negotiations, a historic 12-year deal to save North Atlantic salmon has been secured with Greenland Fishermen’s Union (KNAPK) which will …

“That was a great river; I would love to have fished it in its heyday” is how Dan O’Donovan sums up his eulogy of his beloved river. As author of Salmon of the River Lee, his new book provides a comprehensive insight into its rise and fall encompassing almost two centuries. His research is immense. Delving into history books as …

The asphalt car park/school yard at CBS James Street doesn’t look like a good spot to learn about the natural world in any shape or form, much less about the hidden life of lakes, rivers and the sea. It’s tucked into the shamefully neglected area of Dublin’s inner city behind the Guinness Storehouse, where even the resilient buddleia on the …

Animal carcasses, plastic, metal, and building rubble were among the debris found by volunteers and anglers in tributaries of Carmarthenshire’s River Towy. Now conservation group West Wales Rivers Trust (WWRT) is appointing a project officer to raise awareness of this issue over the next two years. Surveys of tributaries entering the river between Llandovery and Carmarthen also found algal blooms, invasive species, …

The search for missing Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala has been called off. In a update posted on Twitter by Guernsey Police, harbour master Captain David Barker said the active search for the missing plane had ended. He said: “My team have just met to review the search and rescue operation which has been underway since the plane disappeared on …

Image copyright Wye and Usk Foundation Young salmon have been spotted in a section of the River Elan in Powys for the first time in decades. Salmon and brown trout under the age of one were found in the water just downstream of Elan Village. It follows a three-year scheme to restore the ecology of 4.3 miles (7km) of the …

A fisherman caught a fish so big he was pulled off his boat and into the sea as he tried to reel it in. The man from South Dakota in the USA, had travelled to Florida for the outing, when he suddenly made the catch of his life. He was filmed trying to land the fish and, with fellow holidaymakers …

I’m sure we’ll all have tales to tell about our angling excursions, tales that each and every one of us will still remember with a great fondness to this very day. But for some, there will be always be encounters that will far exceed the expectations of many ‘regular’ anglers and will always surpass anything that many of us will …

Ireland has a new world champion. Nigel Greene from Fermanagh took the crown after five days of competitive angling at the World Cup Trout Fly Angling Championships on Lough Mask in Co Mayo over the bank holiday weekend. Cushlough Bay, on the shores of Mask, came alive for the championships as more than 450 anglers competed for the ultimate prize …

Ballycotton in Co Cork will take centre stage of sea angling later this year with the hosting of the biggest fishing competition ever held in Ireland or, indeed, across all European countries. With a massive prize fund of €250,000, this four-day shark festival has the potential to raise Ireland’s angling profile to premier status and to put this beautiful East …