Inland Fisheries Ireland carries out applied fisheries research to assess the conservation status of Ireland's fish species, to monitor fisheries stocks in inland and coastal waters and to explore environmental issues that have an impact on fish and their habitats.

The Research Division also provides scientific advice to our parent department, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.

Research theme: Hydromorphology

The Hydromorphology team at IFI researches the physical characteristics of rivers and works to raise awareness of how hydromorphology provides important ecological benefits for fish.

Research theme: Electrofishing

At Inland Fisheries Ireland, we use electrofishing to survey rivers, canals and the shallow margins of lakes.

GeneFlow

Assessing genetic introgression from farmed Atlantic salmon escapees into wild salmon populations.