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.

GeneFlow

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

National Brown Trout Programme

National Brown Trout Programme

Environmental Drainage Maintenance Research Programme | EDMRP

Environmental Drainage Maintenance Research Programme | EDMRP

PINKTrack

Co-ordinated environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance programme for pink salmon in the European Union.

National Barriers Programme

The National Barriers Programme identifies and assesses barriers to fish passage on rivers and works to mitigate their impacts.

Scientific Eel Fishery

Scientific Eel Fishery

National Salmonid Index Catchment | Erriff

National Salmonid Index Catchment | Erriff

Red Data Book Species

Red Data Book Species