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🎉 Happy New Year and thank you for your support in 2024. 🎉 To read all about this year's work in detail, click the link below to view a digital copy of our all-new 2024 Annual Update. 👉 atlanticsalmontrust.org/2024-annual-up… #atlanticsalmontrust #wildsalmonfirst

⚫ IFI has published a new scientific report on escaped fish farm salmon. Findings: 🧐 A significant number of escaped salmon could breed with wild Atlantic salmon. 🐟 Farmed salmon swam over 100km in north/south directions, migrating upriver. Read it: ow.ly/Cga150UKlQR

IFI Research tracked a wild salmon from where it was tagged in #Greenland by NOAA Fisheries back to its native catchment the National Salmonid Index Catchment (River Erriff). This was a return journey to spawn of 2300km. #salmonconseration tinyurl.com/4k375sam

Permission for abbatoir to offload 400,000 litres of treated wastewater into the Boyne every day overturned. 🙌 “Meanwhile, the river Boyne continues to struggle with the demands put on it by human activity” “and only a mammoth effort will restore it”. irishtimes.com/environment/20…

We are currently recruiting a part-time Community Administrator for the Lough Carra Life Project. Full details here mayo.ie/careers/curren…

⚫ Inland Fisheries Ireland has secured convictions against Uisce Éireann and Glanua Ireland Ltd for harmful discharges into a Co #Cork river. 📜 Each company is to pay a €4,000 fine + €2,354 in costs/expenses after separate incidents in Macroom. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/yccdprzz

EPA Catchment Assessments are now available online. This data will underpin measures to be implemented to improve water quality under Ireland's Water Action Plan. EPA Catchments Uisce Éireann - Irish Water Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage Local Authority Waters Programme thewaterforum.ie/latest-news

🟤 IFI has gained a conviction against a cheese maker for slurry pollution of a Co #Tipperary river. ⚖️ Fine and costs/expenses of €7,440 imposed on The Tipperary Cheese Company. ▶️ Read more: tinyurl.com/y5u2npdr

Join the Boyne Rivers Trust as a Farm Advisor — working with farmers across the Boyne catchment to protect water quality, enhance habitats & support sustainable farm practices. Boyne Rivers Trust iCatch Hub Network 📅 Closing - April 1st 2025 👉 Learn more & apply: theriverstrust.org/about-us/caree…

Boyne Rivers Trust iCatch Hub Network You can find out more about this job opportunity here theriverstrust.org/about-us/caree…

Today is #WorldWaterDay and a chance to remember what wild Atlantic salmon need if they're to have a thriving future: COLD, CLEAN WATER. Our work in river watersheds looks to deliver this at a 'catchment scale' Find out more about how we work at atlanticsalmontrust.org/our-strategy/

Arterial drainage maintenance works have destroyed this tributary of Lough Derg. I first visited this site in April 1992, and hundreds of Brook Lampreys were present. It was the best site I ever found for this species. This was a ‘biodiversity hotspot’, with salmon, white-clawed

Is this not one of the most stunning clips of wild Atlantic salmon filming you've ever seen?! We just love seeing that shoal of returning adult salmon in the coastal environment, moving as one! Credit: The wonderful Richard Davies #wildsalmonfirst

In 30 years, Ireland's pristine rivers dropped from 500 to just over 20 and, in 50 years, we've lost 90% of our salmon 😢🐟 Baseline Shift means we're less aware of this loss📉 Let's not accept a diminished world🛑 We must #RestoreOurWaters 💙📢 🙏sashafrost.com

#Salmon #Seatrout freshwater annual migrations mapped against environmental parameters in National Salmonid Index Catchment - great graphic!

⚫ IFI has prosecuted a farming firm for causing silage effluent to enter a Co Mayo river. ➡️ Fine, costs + expenses totalling €4,000 imposed. Read more: tinyurl.com/66d59vz3

⚫ IFI welcomes a court ruling against a construction firm for polluting a Co #Sligo river. 💶 Legal costs/expenses and a contribution to a charity were imposed, totalling €7,393. More info: tinyurl.com/38avmmpv

🌊 Big news for Offaly’s fastest-flowing river! A new River Trust is being set up to protect and improve the River Brosna. This community-led effort will protect, restore & reconnect people with the Brosna. 💙🌿Local Authority Waters Programme iCatch Hub Network The Rivers Trust offalyexpress.ie/news/local-new…

⚫ IFI is inviting applications to its Barrier Mitigation Fund. 🐟 The fund supports projects removing barriers on waterways, so native #fish can migrate freely (#eel, lamprey, sea trout, salmon) 📆 Expressions of Interest invited by June 2nd: tinyurl.com/2te5npu9

📻 How can the spread of invasive aquatic species be prevented? ⚫ IFI Fisheries Officer Rory Keatinge speaks on RTÉ 1's Mooney Goes Wild: ⏯️ rte.ie/radio/radio1/c… Water users are reminded to: 👁️ Check 🧽 Clean and ☀️ Dry boats, trailers + shoes after leaving a river or canal