Warmer waters leave Irish anglers fishless
Unusually high temperatures in 2018 have left many Irish anglers frustrated as fish struggle to survive in the Emerald Isle’s lakes and rivers, with the rising heat also causing an increase in methane emissions. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), a state agency, says that a heat wave across Ireland in the summer of 2018 caused temperatures in the country’s lakes and rivers to rise to what it describes as lethal levels for a number of freshwater fish species. the two most affected species were salmon and trout – both prized by the freshwater fishing community. The summer of 2018 was one of the hottest and driest in Ireland on record.
— source climatenewsnetwork.net | Jan 16, 2019