<\/p>\n
Fish removed from River Blackwater under Killavullen Bridge<\/p>\n
A report detailing the damage done to the fish population of the River Blackwater is expected within four weeks, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has said.<\/p>\n
Thousands of fish are reported to have died in a section of the river running through the Mallow area this week. <\/p>\n
The IFI has launched an investigation into the fish kill, with an infection deemed a probable cause.<\/p>\n
An IFI spokesperson said more than 2,000 fish have died in a 16km stretch of the River Blackwater.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson said IFI officers continue to monitor and assess the scene and will have a presence in the area over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The State agency has asked members of the public to not remove dead fish from the river.<\/p>\n
\u201cIFI continues to appeal to people to report instances of fish kills or suspected water pollution to its 24-hour confidential phoneline, 0818 34 74 24,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
A Mallow Trout Anglers member welcomed the IFI investigation. <\/p>\n
The investigation will, however, result in the club becoming \u201chomeless\u201d for some time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very important that the report is delivered so we can identify the cause and apply the appropriate treatment and prosecute whoever is responsible.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, there is nothing we can do now. You can\u2019t put the feathers back on the chicken after you have plucked it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact of the matter is that Mallow Trout Anglers is homeless,\u201d the angler said.<\/p>\n
The club member questioned why dead fish are being kept in the river.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeaving the dead fish in the river is something I can\u2019t get my head around it,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
The section of the river where the fish kill occurred attracted a lot of visitors in June, as it hosted the Four Nations International angling competition.<\/p>\n
News of the fish kill has travelled across the world with angling clubs offering their sympathies to Mallow Trout Anglers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fish removed from River Blackwater under Killavullen Bridge A report detailing the damage done to the fish population…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,2319,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-1932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-martin-mongan","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}