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Report copied from the Carlow People 15th Jan 2008 |
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Just a wee note to send these pics of myself and Dave Galvin, we went to the usual Roach haunt yesterday at Carlow town park and low and behold the oul devils are still there! Dave caught the two landing-nets and me the single one, check out the two hybrids to the left of the fag box. cheers Gerry. |
Below is a PQ placed by David Stanton TD, Cork East Constituency. It would appear from the reply that the new minister (Mr. E. Ryan, Green Party) that he is following the previous Ministers lack of action on the grounds that he is not aware of the problem. It is then a case of; "In the valley of the blind, the one eyed man is king" or "What I don't know, won't hurt you" Webmaster. |
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION No. 294 |
Webmasters editorial; Those of you who read the CFB angling update, will have seen this latest press release from the Central Fisheries Board. You might well ask what is the reason for this sudden interest in coarse fisheries, after all the years we have been asking them to care for the greatest angling asset that this state possesses. Why you might ask are the Central Fisheries Board now conducting a review of coarse fishing management policy, especially now that the FGS review of inland fisheries which has taken nearly 3 years, is about to be published. You might well also ask how an organisation such as the Central Fisheries Board (who at present are not at a Board due to the fact that the minister never renewed or replaced their terms of office), can authorise such a review. You might further ask what is the hidden agenda behind this review, is it to benefit the genuine coarse angler, or is it to be as per usual a method of restricting the genuine efforts of developing coarse angling here in Ireland. You will notice the references to the introduction of invasive fish species and the interactions with other freshwater fish species, you won't see any references to the native stock of coarse fish being systematically slaughtered by non-nationals for sale as food. Neither will you see references to the closing of waters containing large stocks of coarse fish by the game angling sector, nor will you see any reference to fair and equitable representation of coarse angling on the semi state bodies (fishery boards) or the new coarse fish committee, chaired by Joe Caffrey of the CFB. Surely the NCFFI, one of the founder members of the Angling Council of Ireland should have been invited to have representatives from all corners of Ireland sit on that committee. The Central Fisheries Board have always considered itself the self appointed game angling guardian, even in their distribution of the Tourist Angling grant scheme. The leopard doesn't change his spots. To
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The Central Fisheries Board is conducting a review of the current policy and strategy for the management of Ireland’s Coarse Fish. The Terms of Reference for the Review are to:- -Develop informed national policy for the management, development and protection of Ireland’s coarse fishery resource. Resource in this instance includes the fish species, the habitat and the angling product. - Coarse fish species, for the purposes of this review, include freshwater fish species of angling importance - with the exception of salmon, all trout species, eel, carp and pike. - In developing policy due cognisance will be paid to the following:
Submissions are invited from interested parties and the general public, in writing to: Sandra Doyle, Coarse Fish Review, Central Fisheries Board, Swords Business Campus, Balheary Road, Swords, Co. Dublin. By e-mail to: sandra.doyle@cfb.ie Submissions to be received by 26 th September, 2005. To
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| The Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Mr. John Browne TD, signed two new Bye laws on the conservation and protection of Coarse Fish and Pike in the past week. |
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A report from the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board stated that illegally introduced fish, chub, which had been introduced into the River Inny are decimating stocks of trout and will probably spread throughout the Shannon. We wish to draw to the attention of the Central & Regional Fisheries Boards, that this species is very common in trout and salmon waters in other countries and has not affected the game fishing there, conversely the young of the chub provide a large part of the diet of game fish in those waters. Whilst the NCFFI does not condone any illegal stocking of non native species, it should be considered that this could be made into a revenue creating opportunity to benefit the much troubled tourist industry as this will create a much needed diversity of fishing. A similar event happened many years ago on the Cork Blackwater with the accidental introduction of roach which brought a major tourist boom which benefited the local community in the Fermoy area. |
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| Mountpleasant Strokestown Co. Roscommon Email:- daverowkins @eircom.net 086 1761131 11 July 2006 |
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Sir. With reference to the Daily Mirror TERROR OF THE DEEP. I find it hard to comprehend why we have all this fuss over the find of Chub in the river Inny. I know this is an invasive species to Ireland, which I do not condone the illeagle introduction of foreign species but, this species of fish has been resident in England for I don’t know how long, living in rivers, canals and lakes in conjunction with other species of fish without any detrimental effect on stocks If these Chub are, all of a sudden decimating Trout stocks why have the S.R.F.B. been re-stocking rivers with trout fry for many years now. As most people know Trout are one of the most viracious preditors of fish eggs and fry along with Pike and Perch, there is nothing a Pike likes better than a plump Trout, hence the reason there are annual culls of Pike on most Trout lakes. Instead of eliminating the Chub why not exploit the situation and advertise the fact that Chub are now in Ireland and try to bring back the visiting angler to what was one of the finest fishing venues in the world. Bringing back vital revenue that has been lost over the last ten years. Regards |
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anglers are advised to read the link below |
Western Region Zebra Mussel Control Initiative |
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We have been asked
to supply the latest update on the spread of Zebra Mussels If you click on the link to the right you will see the latest document |
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39 Glendale Estate, Dear Mr. Egan, I fish there almost on a daily basis and I was asked by a lot of anglers to write to you on behalf of them because I am a member of the club. They wish to bring to your attention the amount of non nationals fishing the stretch at the moment. We understand that not all non-nationals take fish for the pot but the majority we see are taking them by the bag loads, and other anglers will back me up on that. I have witnessed this happening many a time and have approached some of them about it but they just claim to have “language difficulties”. I also know that some of them carry knives and I have heard reports of them chasing people who approached them on the issue. If nothing’s done now it won’t be long before someone is seriously injured or possibly even killed. This is clearly not on and I don’t want my local water to deteriorate due to over fishing and stock removal. We need to act now. It is clearly a bad sign to see the bankside crammed with non-national “poachers” as I would call them so early in the coarse fishing season. God knows what it’ll be like in the summer when the fish really come on the feed. They don’t understand that by taking just one spawned up fish that they are killing the next generation of fish as well. Oh yeah, and as for their so called “language difficulties” I was talking to Pauric Kelly (Edenderry AC) about the matter at last year’s Junior Canal Championship. He recalled coming across a group of foreigners on the Leixlip stretch attempting to take one of the newly stocked tench of last year (around 4lb). When he approached them over it they claimed to have “no English”. As he walked away Pauric replied “Is that your 20 Euro on the ground there? All four of the group turned around searching fruitlessly for the note. It wasn’t to be. I rest my case! I understand it is a custom in some countries to eat coarse fish but they have to be educated on the matter. The killing of a 4oz Roach for food isn’t justified. I speak not only for myself but for the many anglers who suggested I write to you. They also leave a lot of litter along the towpaths such as groundbait packets, line, hooks etc. These bags, hooks and line are very dangerous for the local wildlife population (especially birdlife). Maybe if a bin was provided at the boathouse it would solve the problem. I was also wondering if there was a stocking programme for Leixlip this year similar to last years very successful one. There was an enormous amount of tagged Tench caught but I understand many went unreported. I heard Ashtown was stocked so why not Leixlip? (A few Rudd or Bream wouldn’t go a miss!) Please help conserve our wonderful fishery because it is a great stretch that produces big bags of fish but for how long will this last if this stock removal continues? I have heard a good few suggestions from other anglers on the issue and to get over the “language barrier” they promote a drawing on a billboard depicting no stock removal at the entrance to the fishery. Another was the introduction of marshalling services. Others say there should be a hefty fine in place for those offenders but we all know the problem is policing it properly. I’m sure coarse anglers wouldn’t mind paying a very small license fee if it was going into the upkeep of the fisheries. We have already wrote to the Central Fisheries Board, Waterways Ireland and Irish Angler about it. You hold the balance of power so please use it. I know I sound a bit big for my boots but I have the best interests of the sport at heart. Other anglers who asked me to write to you wanted to know was there any leagues taking place this year. They also want to know why there was no recent website updates. They suggest organising a clean-up of the towpaths too. I have told them that you run the club single handed and that you were very busy with the NCFFI too. They said they’d be only too happy to give a hand. They say we need to get properly organised and allocate people to certain positions. Although we have one of the largest clubs in the country what’s stopping us being as good as Edenderry or Portobello AC? If we got properly organised we would have a much larger, more successful club. We have the man power so why don’t we use it? Please help us. The clock’s ticking! Yours in Angling, Conor Browne & Fellow Anglers. P.S. I want to get serious into match fishing this year and I am getting new tackle all the time, being head of the NCFFI would you have any numbers you could give me if I was to fish the larger team/national events? Any support would be gracefully appreciated. Thank You. |
Isn't it a pity that some of
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These proposals are designed to alleviate some of the major concerns that the Federation and its members have in relation to our sport.
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Church Square, 18th August 2002. Dear Manager, I am writing on behalf of the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland with regard to the ongoing subject of killing of fish. As a non-sustainable natural resource, we should be working together to protect our fisheries as a valuable resource. This Natural resource is responsible for generating huge sums in Exchequer Revenue (£24M P.A) and for drawing in upwards of 200,000 anglers per year into Ireland. This resource is also responsible for countless 1,000's of jobs in the angling sector including the Fisheries Boards. The NCFFI see the killing of fish as a needless act carried out throughout the country. The perpetuators of these offences range from anglers taking a few fish as bait through to Individuals taking fish for food and for resale. Currently there is no law in this country, which stops this taking place, many of us have had to stand by as we see our fish stock plundered unnecessarily. The National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland as the National Governing Body for coarse angling in the 32 counties of Ireland now urgently insist that all Fisheries boards bring pressure to bear on the Minister of Communication, Marine and Natural Resources to bring a by-law into place to protect our most valuable resource. Yours Sincerely,
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