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Water is not a commercial product like any other but, rather, a heritage which must be protected, defended and treated as such (EU Water Framework Directive)

Welcome to the WFD Fish website – an online resource for information on fish monitoring for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in Ireland.

The responsibility of monitoring fish for the WFD has been assigned to Inland Fisheries Ireland (previously the Central and Regional Fisheries Boards) with over 300 sites encompassing lakes, rivers and transitional waters (estuaries) being monitored throughout the country on a three year rolling programme.

Use the menus above and left to find out more about the WFD and fish, view the WFD fish map viewer, or to download reports on each survey.

LATEST NEWS

05 March 2024

Fish Stock Survey of Lough Ree, June 2022

03 January 2024

Lake Surveys  2022

14 November 2023

Fish in Rivers Factsheet: 2022 no. 2 – SHIRBD Upper Inny River Catchment

28 September 2023

Fish in Rivers Factsheet: 2022 no. 1 – ERBD Vartry River Catchment

Fish in Rivers Factsheet: 2022 no. 3 – WRBD Bunowen River Catchment

Fish in Rivers Factsheet: 2022 no. 4 – ERBD Boyne Catchment

Fish in Rivers Factsheet: 2022 no. 5 – NWIRBD Annalee River Catchment

Fish in Rivers Factsheet: 2022 no. 6 – SWRBD Blackwater (Munster) River Catchment

Fish in Rivers Factsheet: 2022 no. 7 – ShIRBD River Shannon Catchment

27 September 2023

Sampling Fish for the Water Framework Directive – Summary Report 2023