The Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) was established in 2010 under the Inland Fisheries Act to protect, manage, and conserve Ireland's inland fisheries resources. IFI is responsible for considering biodiversity and sustainable development in its functions. Clean water with adequate dissolved oxygen is important for fish survival. Sources of water pollution include point sources like wastewater and diffuse sources like agriculture runoff. Pollution can negatively impact water quality and habitat for fish.

4. IFI – Districts Section 9 of the Act divides IFI into 6 distinct districts based on the 6 RBDs. IFI - Blackrock

7. Salmonid Spawning area Unpolluted, fast flowing, Well oxygenated water Riffles Pool Riparian vegetation to provide shelter And food (invertebrates) Overview of River System

8. Fish Species in Ireland ~ 20 freshwater species ~ 65 marine species

9. Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar)

11. River Lamprey ( Lampetra fluviatilis)

12. Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

19. Eutrophication

20. Food of freshwater fish & indicators of water quality

21. Mayflies ( Ephemeroptera )

22. Stoneflies ( Plecoptera)

23. Caddis Fly ( Trichoptera)

24. Fly larvae ( Diptera )

25. EPA Q Values 'Q' Community Water Value Diversity Quality Q5 High Good Q4 Reduced Fair Q3 Low Doubtful Q2 Very Low Poor Q1 Little/None Bad

26. Common Frog ( Rana temporaria)

29. Water Abstractions (can be damaging to wetlands/ watercourses) The Board notes that abstractions from groundwater for public water supplies are likely to become more significant in future. We note the presence of significant aquifers throughout the ERBD area and would like to point out that that these aquifers contribute to a number of important surface waters . Submission to ERBD

30. Climate Change The EPA Report Climate Change – Scenarios & Impacts for Ireland found in a study of six different catchments nationwide that, the greatest change, an annual reduction in effective runoff of approximately 25% of the baseline flow, was observed for the Slaney, the area drained by this River is in the South East of the Country where some of the greatest reductions in predicted runoff occur.

31. Climate Change The Dept. of the Environment Report “Ireland in a Warmer World, Scientific Predictions of the Irish Climate in the Twentieth First Century” states that a significant increase of extremely low Summer flow is expected in all catchments and at all return periods”, this report also highlights that the greatest increase in risk was in the two study catchments in the South East of the Country, the Barrow and Suir where the greatest increase in temperature is predicted

32. Climate Change Further research carried out by NUI Maynooth on behalf of the EPA (Climate Change in Ireland: Refining the Impacts for Ireland ) predicts that in catchments where surface water run-off is more dominant ( the Boyne, the Ryewater and the Moy) changes in summer flows will be much more pronounced. This report predicts 40% decreases in 95 percentile flows by the 2020s in the two eastern study catchments, the Boyne & Ryewater.

33. Water Framework Directive It requires governments to manage all of their waters: rivers, canals, lakes, reservoirs, groundwaters, wetlands, estuaries and coastal waters. Member States must ensuret hat their waters achieve at least good status by 2015 and that their status doesn’t deteriorate