Welcome to the website of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) the state agency responsible for the protection, management and conservation of Ireland's inland fisheries and sea angling resources. IFI was formed on July 1, 2010 following the amalgamation of the Central Fisheries Board and the seven Regional Fisheries Boards into a single agency. Ireland has over 74,000 kilometres of rivers and streams and 128,000 hectares of lakes all of which fall under the jurisdiction of IFI.

For information on angling in Ireland visit IFI's dedicated angling website www.fishinginireland.info

Lanesborough

The prohibition of keep-nets in the Lanesborough fishery remains in place due to the ongoing problem with the invasive Asian clam. This is to help control the spread of the invasive clam within and between this and other water bodies. However, specific keep-nets are available both sides of the bridge. For more information see: http://fishinginireland.info/coarse/shannon/lanesboro.htm. 

Privacy statement

This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this website. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such.

General statement

Inland Fisheries Ireland fully respects your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear permission. Any personal information which you volunteer to IFI will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1988.

Collection and use of personal information

IFI does not collect any personal data about you on this website, apart from information which you volunteer (for example by e-mailing us or by using our online contact form). Any information which you provide in this way is not made available to any third parties, and is used by IFI only for the purpose for which you provided it.

Collection and use of technical information

This website does not use cookies, apart from temporary "session" cookies which enable a visitor’s web browser to remember which pages on this website have already been visited. Visitors can use this website with no loss of functionality if cookies are disabled from the web browser.

Technical details in connection with visits to this website are logged for our statistical purposes. No information is collected that could be used by us to identify website visitors. The technical details logged are confined to the following items:

  • the IP address of the visitor’s web server
  • the top-level domain name used (for example .ie, .com, .org, .net)
  • the previous website address from which the visitor reached us, including any search terms used
  • clickstream data which shows the traffic of visitors around this web site (for example pages accessed and documents downloaded)
  • the type of web browser used by the website visitor.

IFI will make no attempt to identify individual visitors, or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual. It is the policy of IFI never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party, unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law. The technical information will be used only by IFI, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes. You should note that technical details, which we cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act, 2003.

Accessibility Statement

Standards Compliance

This site complies with the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

All pages are written in XHTML strict and use CSS for visual layout. If your browsing device doesn't understand stylesheets, the content will still be accessible.

Each page uses well-structured semantic markup. For instance, header tags like <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, etc. are used to logically structure the content.

Zooming in and font sizes

This site makes use of stylesheets that allow for flexible resizing of fonts to meet user requirements. If you find that font sizes are too small simply increase the default font size used in your web browser software

  • Internet Explorer font sizes can be changed in the View Menu under 'Text Size'.
  • Zooming is possible in some browsers by clicking 'Ctrl +' and 'Ctrl -'.

As this feature may not work correctly in all web browsers we have included the following resize buttons at the bottom of every page

Let us Know

If you encounter any difficulties in using this site or would like to find out more about accessibility at Inland Fisheries Ireland please contact:

Michael Cusack
Health & Safety Executive/Access Officer

Inland Fisheries Ireland
Swords Business Campus
Swords, Co. Dublin.

T: +353 (1) 8842664
F: +353 (1) 8379211
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General Copyright Guidance and Legal Disclaimer

Copyright Notice

© Inland Fisheries Ireland, 2014

Material on this website is protected by copyright. Reproduction of material from this website is authorised for personal use. Reproduction for non-commercial use is permitted, provided that the source is acknowledged. The copyright of material reproduced from this website shall be maintained in Inland Fisheries Ireland.

Information and documents obtained from this website may be reproduced and/or re-used subject to the latest PSI licence available at www.psi.gov.ie.

The Inland Fisheries Ireland maintains this site to improve public access to information about its services. IFI© 2014

Legal Disclaimer

1. No liability for any errors or omissions

The information contained in this website is provided for general information purposes only, in the interests of public service. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained on the website, Inland Fisheries Ireland and its staff give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties in this regard, and do not accept any liability arising from any errors or omissions. Errors or omissions brought to the notice of the Inland Fisheries Ireland will be corrected as soon as practicable.

2. Website material is not legal advice

Any views, opinions and guidance set out in this website are provided for general information purposes only, and do not purport to be legal advice or a definitive interpretation of the law. Anyone contemplating legal action in respect of matters set out in this website should obtain advice from a suitably qualified professional adviser.

3. Website material is not the definitive view of the Inland Fisheries Ireland

Any views, opinions and guidance set out in this website should not be taken as the definitive view of the Inland Fisheries Ireland. Accordingly, the IFI reserves the right to make decisions which are at variance with any views, opinions and guidance that may be set out in this website.

4. No responsibility for other websites or operators

Any links from this website to external websites, which are not maintained by the Inland Fisheries Ireland, and the provision of information on angling service providers are provided as a matter of convenience only, and should not be taken as an endorsement by the IFI of the contents or practices of those external websites or angling service providers, for which the IFI assumes no responsibility. The criteria for inclusion of in lists of links and service providers is subject to change without notice.

Angling Information

Apart from producing angling brochures and maps, IFI also provides a range of services and support to the angling sector. Find out more here.

Salmon

Find out about salmon management in Ireland - the tagging scheme, catch statistics, the salmon conservation fund and regulations. Click here for more.

Education

IFI is committed to a number of innovative education programmes in cooperation with Education Centres, schools and Sligo IT. Find out more here.

Environment

Protecting the aquatic environment is a vital element of IFI's work as clean water is a fundamental requirement for healthy fish stocks. Find out more here.

Research papers

Research reports, proceedings, papers, guidelines and other publications available for download or on request. Search our research publications here.