Salmon and sea trout anglers along with inshore fishermen insist a planned explosion of giant fish farms on the west coast will lead to a senseless destruction of the Irish environment and damage key industries.

A call for a national boycott of farmed salmon products was yesterday condemned as an act of sabotage.

As the first whitecoat seal pups begin to appear around the country’s coast, the Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) has warned that seals are at increased risk of being attacked by humans.

TONNES of haddock, pollock and cod were dumped yesterday after seals ravaged fishermen’s catches and equipment in Dingle harbour.

THE country’s only seal sanctuary in north Co Dublin has announced it is being forced to limit services due to funding shortages.

Lucky by name — lucky by nature.

The public is being invited to attend the release of two rescued grey seal pups who are being put back into the wild today.

THREE baby seals, including one badly injured by a boat’s engine, kick-started their lives again at the weekend.

RELENTLESS winds are washing record numbers of starving baby seals onto our shores this winter.

Three seal pups are being released back into wild today after being washed up during the recent storms.

Two seal pups rescued in Wexford by the Irish Seal Sanctuary will be released back into the wild this afternoon.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has offered a €3,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of those responsible for the slaughter of 60 grey seals on the Blasket Islands last month.

Two seals are being returned to the wild this afternoon after being nursed back to health by the Irish Seal Sanctuary.

The Green Party is appealing to the public to help track down those behind the savage killings of 50 seals on the Blasket Islands last week.

THE National Salmon Commission yesterday called for a census of the seal population and said a cull may be necessary.

A POSTMORTEM examination on the bodies of three grey seals found on the Blasket Islands off Co Kerry has confirmed they were brutally killed.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has welcomed the prompt release of post mortem results following the recent slaughter of 60 grey seals on the Blasket Islands.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has expressed fears over the possible extinction of the grey seal.

About 60 grey seals, most of them pups, have been culled off the Kerry coast, wildlife officials reported today.

A CARGO ship, which ran aground during the midweek storm, remained stranded for a second night in Kinsale harbour, Co Cork.

THE tide is expected to disperse an oil slick on the west coast where authorities remained on the alert last night against coastal pollution.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has condemned Canada’s decision to approve a cull of one million seals over the next three years.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary is releasing a seal in Dublin.

TUFTY’s nose flared with excitement as he got his first taste of freedom yesterday.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) says it has received reports of seal shootings off the south-west coast.

Water sports enthusiasts are being asked to consider the safety of animals in the water this June holiday weekend.

SANDY the seal sniffed the air excitedly but it was to take a bit longer than expected before she got her first taste of freedom because the tide was out.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary are warning that if an enviromental disaster occurred in Irish waters, the country would not be prepared.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has said the Government is not doing enough to arrest the spread of a deadly virus among Ireland's seal population.

More than 100 seals are reported dead since a virus hit Irish waters earlier this month.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has called for the release of all captive whales and dolphins.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has appealed to the public to report sightings of dead seals amid fears of a disease epidemic.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary delivered a dead seal to Government buildings in Dublin today to protest against the snub it received in the budget earlier this month.

Ireland’s Seal Sanctuary looks like floundering as a result of the latest budget statement from Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary has been forced to wind down its operations after being snubbed in Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy’s budget this week.

Flubber, a rare hooded seal found in a distressed condition off the Wexford coast two months ago, was freed in the Atlantic Ocean tonight after being nursed back to health.