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Salmon ‘may be lost’ after fish massacre by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
UP TO 2,000 fish have died outside Ennistymon. Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Environment Protection Agency have commenced investigations into the matter, which has been described as the worst fish kill ever witnessed by some Fisheries staff. A rusty red colour was first spotted on the Ballymacraven River with the alarm raised with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) on Tuesday last, by Thursday hundreds of dead fish were
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visible and this figure has continued to rise as the days have passed. Species of fish discovered dead include a large number of eel, along with salmon, trout, rudd and flounder, of all ages. IFI have described it as “a serious incident”. Ennistymon fisherman, Paudie Fahy was among those to contact IFI. “I have never seen more than the odd few fish dead in any one time or place, I’ve never see anything like it myself, it is shocking,” he told The Clare Echo. FULL STORY pg 22
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