Tag: IFI

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  IFI gains conviction against solar firm for water pollution offence

  December 17, 2025

  Conviction: Solar development company “ib vogt GmbH”. “Silt disrupts the balance of the ecosystem, turns a river cloudy – irritating fish gills, smothering their eggs, and reducing the oxygen and good water quality they need to survive.”

  TAGS: Environmental Crime, Fish Crime, Fish Welfare, IFI, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Water

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  Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Amendment Regulations 2025 and Conservation Measures for 2026

  November 30, 2025

  Have Your Say: The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment has launched a public consultation on the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025, along with proposed conservation measures for the 2026 fishing season.

  TAGS: anglers, Climate, Consultation, environment, Fishing, IFI, Inland Fisheries Ireland, overfishing, regulations, Salmon, Sea Trout, sustainability, tagging, Water, Wild salmon

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  Inland Fisheries Ireland seize 1,000 illegally-harvested wild oysters in Kerry

  September 30, 2025

  Inland Fisheries Officers prevent significant environmental loss and return seized live native oysters to the sea.

  TAGS: conservation, Enforcement, Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, IFI, illegal fishing, Inland Fisheries, Kenmare, Oysters, Protection, SAC, seize, seizure, Unlicensed

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  78 rivers open for Salmon Angling in 2025

  January 9, 2025

  The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has approved legislation that will govern the wild salmon and sea trout fisheries in 2024. This will come into effect from Monday, 1 January 2025.

  TAGS: environment, Fishing, Government, IFI, Inland Fisheries, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Press Release, Rivers, Salmon, Sea Trout