Leenane Farmers & Anglers Team Up To Tender For Local Fishery

4th February 2015

#Angling - Anglers and farmers have come together to bid for fishing rights at a Galway fishery in a first for Ireland and the British Isles.

As the Mayo News reports, some 24 local landowners in Leenane teamed up with the area angling club to form the Erriff and Dstrict Community Group (EDCG), which has tendered for the licence for the Erriff Fishery.

The tender also covers operation of the accompanying Victorian country house Aashleagh Lodge, where a new Inland Fisheries Ireland research laboratory was opened last autumn.

“There is huge potential for the community if we are successful; it would be a big boost to the area," said EDCG chair Martin Gavin.

A decision is expected on their application by the middle of this month.

The Mayo News has more on the story HERE.

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