Physically and legally protecting native Irish fish

For more than 100 years Lough Corrib's brown trout numbers have been supplemented through the work of local anglers. This is an extract from Kevin Prunty's book, Incubating the Trout, which is based on the oldest hatchery in the world

Collecting fry from the incubation unit and releasing them into the headwaters of the Owenriff River (tributary of Lough Corrib). 

The oldest hatchery in the world (1852) is located on the Owenriff River, a tributary of Lough Corrib in County Galway. It is run by volunteers from Lough Corrib Angling Federation.

This river is part of the Lough Corrib Special Area of Conservation the author has contributed to three cases to the EU Court of Justice in connection with the Irish Government's failure to protect the annex species in this system — freshwater pearl mussel and Atlantic salmon.