Water temperatures damaging fish stocks in two of our most famous rivers

Water temperatures damaging fish stocks in two of our most famous rivers

Water temperatures are damaging fish stocks in two of our most famous rivers, marine scientists have discovered. At Lough Feeagh in Co. Mayo the highest temperatures in 70 years, when recording began, have been seen. Sea temperatures off the western and southern coasts were so high they constituted a marine heat wave and some of our most famous salmon rivers – the Moy and Erriff – were closed due to the escalating warmth in the water which is st…