Welcome
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
10.05.2013 Lake survey reports 2012 updated – 23 detailed reports
10.05.2013 Transitional water survey reports 2012 updated – 3 reports
17.10.2012 2011 SUMMARY REPORT added
05.10.2012 Preliminary river survey reports 2012 added
15.06.2012 River survey reports 2011 updated – detailed reports added
11.05.2012 Lake survey reports 2011 updated – 29 detailed reports
11.05.2012 Transitional water reports 2011 updated – detailed reports added
21.03.2012 Transitional water reports 2010 updated – detailed reports added
21.03.2012 Transitional water reports 2009 updated – detailed reports added
21.03.2012 River survey reports 2010 updated – detailed reports added
06.01.2012 Lake survey reports 2010 updated – detailed reports added
06.01.2012 Lake survey reports 2009 updated – detailed reports added