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HENRYSTACKLESHOP.COM ALL-IRELAND SMOOTH HOUND CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

HENRYSTACKLESHOP.COM
ALL-IRELAND OPEN SMOOTH HOUND CHAMPIONSHIP
Hosted by SEA ANGLING IRELAND SAC

KILMUCKRIDGE AREA, SATURDAY JULY 22nd
FISHING FROM 6 PM to 11 PM
CHECK IN “THE CROSSES” KILMUCKRIDGE 3 pm to 5 pm
500 EURO CASH PRIZE AND PERPETUAL CUP FOR LONGEST HOUND**
MATCH PRIZES FOR EACH ZONE
€25 + €5 optional pools. (Longest Flat, Longest Round excluding Hounds, Longest Ray)
Juniors €5 + €5 optional pools

Entries to: John 087–7413964, Marco 087-1672633, Donal 087-6905374
by Friday 21st July 7 pm.

** Based on an entry of 35 anglers

Non IFSA members must pay an additional 20 euro to cover a Visitor’s Card

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IFI issues alert over Pacific pink salmon in Irish rivers

Mature male pink salmon with characteristic humpback and spotted tail (photo credit: Eva Thorstad, NINA)

Inland Fisheries Ireland is urging anglers, and the general public, to report sightings of Pacific pink salmon in Irish rivers over the coming months.

In 2017, 2019 and 2021 this non-native fish species unexpectedly appeared in unprecedented numbers in multiple river systems in the southwest, west and northwest of Ireland.

As Pacific pink salmon predominantly have a two-year lifecycle, there is potential for the species to reappear in Irish rivers again this year and every second, so called ‘odd’, year thereafter.

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Ireland likely to see cooling of temperatures as Gulf Stream weakens – report

Ireland is likely to see a cooling of temperatures due to the weakening of the Gulf Stream, a report published by the Marine Institute has found.

The Irish Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Status Report found that the Gulf Stream, which is a strong ocean current that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean, is predicted to decrease by 30% in the coming years.

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