Arctic Char Research Programme
… Arctic char as their name suggests, have a circumpolar … are lower). Historical survivors Arctic char are a relict species, which means that they are a remaining population of … depends on the maximum depth of the lake and whether other fish species are present. Because Arctic char are …
New publication highlights Irish species at risk of extinction
… in NIEA, the National Biodiversity Data Centre and other agencies across the island, further Red Data Lists for … the production of Red Lists using standardised categories and criteria for classifying species at high risk … to download from the NPWS website at: http://www.npws.ie/publications/redlists/ The Red Lists are developed on an …
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
… The Arctic char is native to Ireland, and its geographic range … Russia. In Ireland, the Arctic char is a glacial relict species, which means that char populations found in Ireland have become isolated from other char populations as this species' range contracted …
Habitats Directive Project
… legislation dealing with the conservation of threatened species and habitats across the European Union. This Directive lists a range of animals, … or require too great a distance to jump. A range of other pressures also negatively impact the distribution and …
Proposed conservation byelaw prohibiting angling for Arctic Char
… Proposed conservation byelaw prohibiting angling for Arctic Char This public consultation closed on 16 November 2022 … the Arctic Char The Arctic Char is a glacial relict fish species, native to Ireland, which is currently classified in …
Research theme: Fish ageing techniques
… because they are easy to collect and store. For some fish species, scales are difficult to age, and other fish species have no scales at all, so bones from the … Trout Programme National Brown Trout Programme Scientific Eel Fishery Scientific Eel Fishery National Salmon Scale …
Pollan (Coregonus pollan)
… is endemic to Ireland, which means that it is a native species that is only found in Ireland, making it a very … the fish family Salmonidae, along with salmon, trout and char. The pollan ( Coregonus pollan ) is very closely related to the Arctic cisco ( Coregonus autumnalis ), which inhabits the …
Research theme: Invasive species
… that deals with organisms, their interaction with each other and the physical environment around them. Usually each individual species occupies a very particular position or niche within … Programme | EMP Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers | AMBER Adaptive Management of Barriers in …
Red Data Book Species
… in Ireland that lists our rare, endangered and threatened species. This is done under the direction of the … fish species of interest to the Red Data Book team are Arctic char and smelt. Arctic char The Arctic char is listed as …
Ferox trout (Salmo ferox)
… trout that are behaviourally and genetically distinct from other wild brown trout stocks in the lakes in which they are … of fish prey, and they have been known to switch between species, for example, in Lough Corrib, where they switched between Arctic char and roach. Recent research by the Ferox Trout …
Recent publications: Corrib fish stock survey, Eel Monitoring Programme
… Recent publications: Corrib fish stock survey, Eel Monitoring … This is the second such survey on the Lough, the only other complete survey having been carried out previously in … A management programme is in place to control the latter species. The results of 1996 survey suggested that Arctic …