Trout and Coarse Fisheries Development Funds - call for applications

Co-op (Trout and Coarse Fisheries Development) Funds

On the formation of Inland Fisheries Ireland(IFI), the Coarse and Trout Fisheries Development Societies (known as Co-ops) were abolished and funds remaining in these bodies were transferred to Inland Fisheries Ireland. These funds are anglers funds and not from exchequer sources. IFI have developed a scheme to redistribute the available funds to the areas (old Regional Fisheries Board areas) from which the funds originated. The scheme will be known as the Co-op Trout and Coarse Fisheries Development  Funds or Co-op Funds.

It is envisaged that all projects will be completed and funds disbursed during 2014.

The available funds are as follows:

No funds were remitted by the South Western  Co-op. The Lower Shannon Co-ops remitted 95c. Therefore there are no funds available for works in these areas.

IFI invites applications to the Co-op Fund from anglers, angling clubs, federations and fisheries owners  for projects under the following headings having regard to the classification of All Projects types and Non-Instream Projects above:

• Development of access and other infrastructure for angling (including disabled access).
• Development of the angling product in agreement with IFI Business Development Division.
• Development that focuses on providing facilities for those engaged in angling.
• Training that develops and enhances angling capacity.
• Development of competition venues for trout and coarse angling.
• Fish passage improvement. (E.g. removal of barriers, modification of weirs, and construction of fish passes etc)
• Spawning enhancement (addition/raking of gravel or cleaning of existing substrates)
• Instream structures (weirs, deflectors, rubble mats, random boulders etc.)
• River Bank protection (rock armour, log revetment etc.)
• Fencing (protection of river banks including fences, stiles, cattle drinks etc.)
• Riparian zone improvement (tree pruning and strategic tree planting)
• Removal & control of exotic invasive species (e.g. Rhododendron, Japanese knotweed, Asian Clam, Chub etc.)

Closing date for receipt of applications is April 25th, 2014

More information, dowloads, deadlines, dates etc...

www.fisheriesireland.ie/Angling-Information/co-op-trout-and-coarse-fisheries-development-funds.html