Saving our salmon: pilot project aims to take a balanced approach

NATURAL Resources Minister Conor Lenihan has made the right decision to enable a pilot fishery that will determine how a commercial fishery could be operated on salmon stocks in Castlemaine Harbour in Co Kerry.

This will make the most of the opportunities for a sustainable fishery that will ensure any stocks at risk are not compromised and surplus stocks are not overexploited.

The pilot fishery will be aimed at utilising a small proportion (800) of the large identified surplus (5,870) of wild salmon in the River Laune, which drains Killarney’s lakes.