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:
| Region | All Project Types € | Non-instream works only € |
| Southern | 138945.30 | |
| Upper Shannon | 4494.22 | |
| Eastern | 2212.55 | |
| Northern | 367.53 | |
| Western | 2773.75 | |
| North- Western | 13151.57 |
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
