Anglers urged not to fish in Cork river until cause of death of 40,000 fish is confirmed

Cork County Council has urged anglers to avoid fishing on the River Blackwater while tests continue into mass fish deaths

While Inland Fisheries Ireland has put the fish kill in the affected stretch at between 8,000 and 10,000 fish, fishery operators and anglers in the area have conducted an exercise which indicated up to 46,000 fish have died since August 12. Picture: Facebook/Conor Arnold

Anglers are being urged not to fish on a stretch of the River Blackwater until tests rule out the possibility that more than 40,000 fish could have died from infection.

Cork County Council has made the appeal to anglers as results are awaited from the Marine Institute following tests last Friday on trout from the affected waters between Roskeen in Lombardstown and Killavullen.