Protest at damage to salmon weir on Fish Migration Day

Anglers and conservationists throughout Cork, Tipperary, and Waterford were joined by watersports clubs at the weekend to protest the damage to a salmon weir and the risks to migratory fish on the famed Blackwater River.

Cork County Council engineers estimate the repairs and upgrading of the weir in Fermoy could top €3m.

However, angling clubs and private fisheries said preliminary works, such as clearing increasing deposits of sediment around the weir, would ease increasing concerns about the safety of salmon stocks.