Salmon fishery to reopen on pilot basis after stocks improve sufficiently

A WELL-KNOWN salmon fishery in Kerry, closed for the past three years for conservation reasons, is to be reopened, initially on a pilot basis.

Minister of State for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Conor Lenihan, has announced a pilot salmon fishery for Castlemaine Harbour.

On a visit to the area, yesterday, he met local commercial fishermen who have been campaigning to have the fishery re-opened and whose case is supported by the South Western Regional Fisheries Board.