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ANGLING NOTES:IT IS ironic at a time when the Minister of State for the Marine, Conor Lenihan, opened a pilot salmon draft net fishery in Castlemaine Harbour, Co Kerry, that the Loughs Agency suspended commercial netting for salmon in the Lough Foyle area in Northern Ireland.
On the Kerry issue, take the following scenario. There are five rivers flowing into Castlemaine Harbour – three are running healthy salmon surpluses while two are below sustainable levels and closed to all fishing.
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