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Upgrade to e-licence website

Loughs Agency will shortly release an upgrade to our elicensing website. The upgrade is essential to ensure the system meets GDPR requirements. However, other improvements have been made based on feedback from anglers. When the new site goes live, all anglers will need to create a password to access…

Date: 24/01/2020

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Volunteers Clean Up the River Foyle

Volunteers Clean Up the River Foyle

In the last few weeks, Loughs Agency has been working with groups of volunteers to clean up the banks of the River Foyle. The Foyle Ambassadors, a group of young environmentalists, completed a clean up on the upstream bank of the River Foyle near Strabane Canal with the help of…

Date: 15/01/2020

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Anglers urged to make catch returns for 2019

Anglers urged to make catch returns for 2019

Anglers are being encouraged by Loughs Agency to log and submit their fishing effort, catches and fish releases for the 2019 angling season in Foyle and Carlingford. Whenever anyone buys a rod licence to fish for salmon and sea trout in Foyle and Carlingford they are legally obliged to let…

Date: 18/12/2019

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Tracking of juvenile seals – a first for Northern Ireland!

Tracking of juvenile seals – a first for Northern Ireland!

A novel marine research project is using the latest technology to record and understand harbour seals’ behaviour. The Exploris Aquarium has teamed up with University College Cork as part of the EU funded, Loughs Agency led, SeaMonitor project to tag the female rehabilitated seals, affectionately known as Ariel and Merida,…

Date: 20/11/2019

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Loughs Agency Photography Competition Now Open!

Loughs Agency Photography Competition Now Open!

Loughs Agency are excited to announce the opening of a photography competition to celebrate the beautiful Foyle and Carlingford catchments and International Year of the Salmon. The competition has 2 categories, each with a great prize: – Adult – £150 of vouchers for an on-line camera shop –…

Date: 20/11/2019

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Heritage Seminars scheduled for Foyle and Carlingford

Heritage Seminars scheduled for Foyle and Carlingford

The Loughs Agency has organised two interesting seminars for later this month. The topics are around the theme of maritime heritage and there is an interesting blend of subjects. Participation is free of charge to participants, however tickets must be obtained through Eventbrite (see links below). The events will start…

Date: 20/11/2019

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Carlingford Ambassadors Graduate

Carlingford Ambassadors Graduate

Earlier this month, 19 young people graduated on the Loughs Agency’s ‘Carlingford Ambassador’ Programme. The programme was supported through funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ireland, in partnership with Co-operation Ireland. The aim of the Carlingford Ambassadors programme is to discover the social, economic and…

Date: 25/10/2019

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Foyle Ambassadors Graduate

Foyle Ambassadors Graduate

Earlier this month, 70 young people graduated on the Loughs Agency’s ‘Foyle Ambassador’ Programme. The programme was supported through funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ireland, in partnership with Cooperation Ireland. The aim of the Foyle Ambassadors programme is to discover the social, economic and…

Date: 25/10/2019

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Salmon Conference Held in the Foyle Area

Salmon Conference Held in the Foyle Area

Last month Loughs Agency, in partnership with the Foyle Association of Salmon and Trout Anglers (FASTA), held a Salmon Conference as part of the International Year of the Salmon events programme. The conference aimed to look at the issues affecting Atlantic Salmon in the freshwater and marine environment, with particular…

Date: 23/10/2019

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Net closes in on Fish Poachers as Operation Silver Fin is launched in Strabane

Net closes in on Fish Poachers as Operation Silver Fin is launched in Strabane

Loughs Agency have teamed up with the PSNI, An Garda Siochana along with partners from the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime Fin group as part of an operation to target poachers and moved Operation Silver Fin to Strabane. Sgt. James McLaughlin said, “PSNI are committed to tackling wildlife…

Date: 06/08/2019

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Notice to Anglers: Shad catches

Notice to Anglers: Shad catches

There have been reports of rod anglers catching Shad on the River Mourne. Twaite Shad Allis Shad Like Atlantic salmon and Sea Trout, Shad is anadromous (freshwater-sea migratory). Adults live in estuarine or coastal waters and come…

Date: 12/07/2019

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Now recruiting for the next Foyle Ambassador programme

Now recruiting for the next Foyle Ambassador programme

Loughs Agency are delighted to announce we are recruiting for the next Foyle Ambassador programme. This will be a 2 day a week programme beginning in the last week of July and running until Thursday 29th August. There will be 2 parallel groups: GROUP 1: Monday & Thursday GROUP 2:…

Date: 30/05/2019

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Foyle Ambassadors – an action packed week of adventure!

Foyle Ambassadors – an action packed week of adventure!

Last week Loughs Agency ran a 5 day Foyle Ambassador programme for 14-17 year olds. The programme is designed to connect young people with their local waterways, coastline and wildlife through recreation, volunteering and conservation opportunities. What a week our latest Foyle Ambassadors had! On Monday they began their week…

Date: 24/04/2019

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Now recruiting for next Foyle Ambassador Programme (May to June)

Now recruiting for next Foyle Ambassador Programme (May to June)

Loughs Agency are delighted to announce…

Date: 17/04/2019

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A Day of Celebration held at Loughs Agency

A Day of Celebration held at Loughs Agency

As part of the International Year of the Salmon, Loughs Agency hosted a celebration event at its Headquarters in Derry~Londonderry this week. There was lots to celebrate on Wednesday 10th April, including the 21st Anniversary of the historic signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, two decades of Loughs Agency and…

Date: 12/04/2019

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Joe Mahon Launches new EU project to support and protect vulnerable marine life

Joe Mahon Launches new EU project to support and protect vulnerable marine life

A unique marine research project, the first of its kind in Europe, studying the seas around Ireland, Western Scotland and Northern Ireland was launched this week in Derry~Londonderry. The SeaMonitor project is led by the Loughs Agency and supported by another eight leading marine research institutions using innovative marine species…

Date: 11/04/2019

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Ambassador Programme – Deadline extended!

Ambassador Programme – Deadline extended!

Loughs Agency are delighted to announce they are recruiting for the next Ambassador programmes which will run in Foyle and Carlingford areas. Links to Expression of Interest forms for each programme are below, please ensure that you complete the correct form. Loughs Agency’s Ambassadors Programmes are designed to…

Date: 07/03/2019

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Loughs Agency Launch Photography Competition

Loughs Agency Launch Photography Competition

Loughs Agency are excited to announce the opening of a photography competition to celebrate the beautiful Foyle and Carlingford catchments and International Year of the Salmon. The competition has 3 categories, each with a great prize: – Adult Professional – £250 of vouchers for an on-line camera shop –…

Date: 18/02/2019

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Declaration: Suspension of netting in the Foyle area and catch and release angling on River Finn

Declaration: Suspension of netting in the Foyle area and catch and release angling on River Finn

Loughs Agency has issued a declaration suspending netting in the River Foyle, Lough Foyle and seaward of Lough Foyle and restricting angling in the River Finn to catch and release only. The restrictions have been put in place to protect the Atlantic Salmon. The number of salmon which have…

Date: 18/02/2019

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THE FOYLE AREA (CONTROL OF OYSTER FISHING) REGULATIONS 2008

THE FOYLE AREA (CONTROL OF OYSTER FISHING) REGULATIONS 2008

SUSPENSION OF OYSTER FISHING IN THE FOYLE AREA I, Sharon McMahon, Designated Officer of the Loughs Agency, Foyle Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, hereby certify that The Commission is satisfied that it is necessary and expedient for the conservation and protection of native oysters (Ostrea edulis) to declare fishing…

Date: 22/01/2019

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Upgrade to e-licence website

Volunteers Clean Up the River Foyle

Anglers urged to make catch returns for 2019

Tracking of juvenile seals – a first for Northern Ireland!

Loughs Agency Photography Competition Now Open!

Heritage Seminars scheduled for Foyle and Carlingford

Carlingford Ambassadors Graduate

Foyle Ambassadors Graduate

Salmon Conference Held in the Foyle Area

Net closes in on Fish Poachers as Operation Silver Fin is launched in Strabane

Notice to Anglers: Shad catches

Now recruiting for the next Foyle Ambassador programme

Foyle Ambassadors – an action packed week of adventure!

Now recruiting for next Foyle Ambassador Programme (May to June)

A Day of Celebration held at Loughs Agency

Joe Mahon Launches new EU project to support and protect vulnerable marine life

Ambassador Programme – Deadline extended!

Loughs Agency Launch Photography Competition

Declaration: Suspension of netting in the Foyle area and catch and release angling on River Finn

THE FOYLE AREA (CONTROL OF OYSTER FISHING) REGULATIONS 2008

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