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03/04/2019 Anglers who are willing to become citizen scientists are needed for a new National Salmon Scale Project which will help researchers understand the challenges which salmon are facing today. The project, which has been initiated by Inland Fisheries Ireland as part of International Year of the Salmon, aims to collect vital information through scales taken from salmon and sea trout which are caught in Irish rivers and lakes. Angler Shane O’Reilly from Tallaght, Dublin with young anglers Gus (age 6) Penny (age 12) and Shane O'Reilly (age 9) from Navan, Meath are pictured helping launch the project.
As part of the project, anglers are asked to take a scale sample from a salmon or sea trout by gently scraping and removing approximately 20 fish scales using a clean knife. Anglers are then requested to post their samples to Inland Fisheries Ireland. For more information visit www.fisheriesireland.ie/salmonscales. Picture Andres Poveda
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