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Burrishoole Salmonid Rearing and Ranching Co. Mayo Ireland since 1960s

Data set information

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General  
Data holding centreMarine Institute (Newport Facility)
CountryIreland  Ireland
Time periodFrom 1960's onwards
OngoingYes
Geographical area

Burrishoole; Furnace; Newport; Co. Mayo; Ireland

Observations 
Parameters

Date and time; Fish and shellfish catch statistics

Description 
Summary

Rearing and ranching salmon and trout. Data collected with Fish Husbandry includes: Fish mortality, Fish batch weights, Fish stock numbers, Fish feed information, Fish grading information, Broodstock: numbers, stripping dates, fecundity, fish health data and Salmonid ova. Data collected within salmon ranching programme: Salmonid ova, Micro-tagging information, Salmon smolt and Adult trap returns. Ranching provides an independent assessment of marine survival and exploitation and also supports the rod angling fishery in Lough Furnace of the Burrishoole catchment Furnace Newport Co. Mayo. Commercial rearing of salmon smolts took place from the early 1980s until 2007 and sporadic rearing of other stocks (ie. rainbow trout, char) has been carried out over the years. Since 2007 rearing and ranching has been undertaken for research purposes. Ranching salmon commenced in the early 1960s and has been continued. Data collected from the ranching and rearing tanks. Data provides knowledge and information on the status of stocks of key target species in the catchment ecosystem. Data initially collected by the Guinness Estate and more recently by the Marine Institute Newport facility team. Data complete for years since early 1960s.

OriginatorsMarine Institute
Data web sitehttps://www.marine.ie/Home/marine-institute-request-digital-data
Availability 
OrganisationMarine Institute (Newport Facility)
AvailabilityLicence
ContactRussell Poole (Section Manager)
Address

Marine Institute (Newport Facility)
Furnace
Newport
Co. Mayo
F28 PF65
Ireland

Telephone+353-98-42300
Facsimile+353-98-42340
Emaildatarequests@marine.ie
Administration 
Collating centreMarine Institute
Local identifierSD.IE.MI.FEAS.BurrishooleSalmonidRearingRanching
Global identifier6521
Last revised2017-12-04