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Foyle Maritime Festival
Loughs Agency are delighted to be a strategic partner with Derry City and Strabane District Council for the Foyle Maritime Festival. Loughs Agency along with our delivery partners are offering the public a wide range of activities and spectacles on the water from Canoeing to Yoga on Stand-Up Paddleboards. With over over 1,700 spaces available […]
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Now recruiting for Foyle Ambassadors
The Foyle Ambassador programme is a FREE summer scheme aimed at 14-17 year olds from the Foyle area who are interested in the natural environment. The programme will run for 6 weeks starting 23rd July through to the end of August. There will be two groups of Ambassadors that will take part in parallel […]
Read moreMinister Kyne opens nature trail at Loughs Agency
Loughs Agency were delighted to welcome Sean Kyne TD to Loughs Agency recently. Mr Kyne is the Minister of State for the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment who are a joint sponsor of Loughs Agency. During his visit to the Agency, Minister Kyne learned about the Loughs Agency environmental education programmes and was […]
Read more25/05/18 Pollution Update
On Wednesday 23rd May, Loughs Agency received a call about a pollution incident on the Owenreagh River near Dromore, Co Tyrone. Loughs Agency staff have located the source and the discharge has now been stopped. Loughs Agency have deployed aeration equipment in order to re-oxygenate water. Where the Camowen River meets the Drumragh, near Omagh, […]
Read moreOngoing pollution incident on the Owenreagh and Drumragh Rivers
On Wednesday 23rd May, Loughs Agency received a call about a pollution incident on the Owenreagh River near Dromore, Co Tyrone. Agency staff located the source and are investigating the incident. Statutory samples have been taken and despatched for analysis. The investigation carried on during the night and the pollution has continued to move downstream into the […]
Read moreLough Foyle Oyster Fishery Licence Applications
Interested parties are invited to apply for a licence to fish the 2018/2019 Native Oyster fishery. Applicants will be required to submit a completed application form and supporting documentation to the address listed below. All applications must be delivered in person by the applicant. Application forms are available for download online – click here for pdf […]
Read moreThe Dennett, Faughan and Roe Rivers open to angling this Sunday
This Sunday marks the opening of three excellent game fishing rivers in the Foyle system. The Dennett, Faughan and Roe. The Dennett The Dennett is a medium sized spate river, running off the Sperrin mountains, dropping through Donemana and then swinging west through woodland and pasture to reach the River Foyle upstream of the walled […]
Read moreFinal reminder to complete your 2017 season catch return
This is a final reminder to anglers to log their fishing effort, catches and releases in the Foyle and Carlingford areas for the 2017 season. Last year 7,432 licences were purchased and to date only 10% of anglers have made a catch return. Catch returns are a condition of purchasing a licence and are required […]
Read more23rd April 2018: Update on the recapture of rainbow trout from August 2017 floods
In recent weeks the Agency has been undertaking netting and electrofishing operations in order to remove escaped rainbow trout from the Foyle river system at a number of targeted locations. There has been a noticeable decline in the numbers of rainbow trout recaptured over this period. As the Atlantic salmon and sea trout smolts have […]
Read more10th April 2018: Update on the escapement of rainbow trout from the August 2017 floods.
In the months since the flooding event, Loughs Agency has been conducting electrofishing, netting and rod based surveys as a method of recovering escaped rainbow trout and also to monitor their distribution and abundance. As part of this ongoing operation, today during a netting and electrofishing exercise at Sion Mills, the Agency recovered 263 rainbow […]
Read moreUpdate on Escapement of Rainbow Trout
After the devastating floods in August 2017, official figures have quoted an estimated 387,000 rainbow trout escaped from a fish farm in Newtownstewart into the River Strule. At that time, Loughs Agency carried out an initial assessment of the damage caused to the fishery habitat and raised concerns with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and […]
Read more£500,000 project to tackle impact of North West flooding announced
The Loughs Agency today announced it will receive £500,000 of funding from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to carry out remedial works during 2018 on four river catchments affected by the flooding in August 2017. The work will include redirecting watercourses back to the main river systems, erection of riparian fencing […]
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