BY tracking the long sea journey of a salmon from, say, a remote mountain stream in west Cork to distant Arctic seas, scientists can learn much about climate change.

Donal Hickey says deaths are baffling scientists

Cutting-edge DNA analysis is being used in an attempt to explain why alarmingly high numbers of salmon are dying at sea.

Junior Marine Minister John Browne has welcomed the appointment of Dr Ken Whelan of the Marine Institute as President of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO).