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Sometimes in life there is an imperative to get off one's backside and do something positive!

In 'Stop Salmon Drift Nets Now' (SSDNN), we were part of a successful campaign for the removal of the mixed stock salmon netting from the end of 2006.

Since then, there are signs of increased numbers of salmon entering the Nore and Suir systems.

This gives the River Trust an incentive to begin the surveying, evaluation and repair of both river systems...not just for salmon but for all of the fish, invertebrates and plant life.
Fishing at Dysart
Fishing the Nore at Dysart, Thomastown, September 2007


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27th March 2012 - from Salmon Watch Ireland
Press release from Minister O'Dowd clarifying commercial fishing for 2012.
Minister for Natural Resources, Fergus O’Dowd TD has confirmed that it is not proposed to extend the salmon draft netting (estuary nets) season.
Click here to read full Press Release.

30th March 2012 - from Salmon Watch Ireland
SWIRLs response to Minister O'Dowd's Press Release of 27th March 2012.
Click here to read full response.

30th March 2012
High Sea Lice Readings “On foot of very high sea lice readings at many salmon farm sites in late 2011, Salmon Watch Ireland wrote to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine".
Click her to read SWIRL's letter to Simon Coveney TD, 4th February 2010.
Click here to read Simon Coveney TD's response of 6th March 2012.

Our Mission
"The purpose of the Nore Suir River Trust is to support research, conservation and public education initiatives that will benefit the freshwater fish resources, associated fisheries and environment of the Nore and Suir Rivers, and to preserve for future generations a valuable part of Ireland's natural heritage."

Using all of the volunteers we can muster, and giving them the tools and the knowledge to partake, we will:
 
survey and evaluate the Nore and Suir river systems

identify the problems

initiate a program of rehabilitation

about us, and our mission