Category Fishing

Climate, Coastal Pollution and the Phenology of European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) on the Southern and South-Eastern Irish Coast, 2000–2025 

A Perspective Paper on Coupled Climatic, Trophic and Behavioural Change at the North-Western Margin of the Species’ Reproductive Range  Abstract  The European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) reaches its north-western reproductive range margin on the Irish coast, with the southern (Cork,…

In flight

…. In the camaraderie of rookeries, in the spiteful vigilance of colonies I was at home. Seamus Heaney From Sweeney Redivivus from “Station Island” (1984)

Destiny

“Live carefuly, because there are people around you whose lives and well-being depend on your actions. This concerns all of us, because the paths – these people and their destinies – cross each other all the time, whether we are…

Divine Deep

Out there, in that Divine Dark,Out there, in that Divine Deep,The fishing is good,The fishing is very good. Out there, in that Divine Dark,Out there, in that Divine Deep,The fishing, not fishing at all, Is blessedness, is bliss.’ (Turtle, Vol.…