Ken Whelan
My fishing partner Jason O’Riordan (www.gamefishingireland.ie) and I run a wide range of very popular angling courses for: salmon, sea trout (river, estuary & saltwater), brown trout (river & lake), rainbow trout and bass. Jason and I are both qualified casting instructors and provide single and double handed casting tuition. Jason is an angling guide […]
I am currently developing a series of estuarine and nearshore Saltwater Detective Courses with Cushla Dromgool-Regan of the Camden Education Trust (www.thecamdeneducationtrust.org). A former colleague at the Marine Institute (www.marine.ie), Cushla has delivered the Marine Institute’s highly successful Explorers Education Programme to primary school teachers and student teachers, raising awareness about Ireland’s extensive and biologically […]
Over the past number of years, my colleague Martin McGarrigle (www.limnos-consultancy.com) and I have developed a Water Management and Water Stewardship Training Programme. The first of these courses was held last autumn across County Louth and future courses are planned in County Longford (winter – 2020), County Roscommon (spring – 2021), County Monaghan (Summer – […]
This very popular course is designed to train those who are interested in streams on how best to audit and characterise these small water bodies, using a unique, quantitative, water quality scoring system. It is based on a simple premise: that obtaining high-quality information on the condition of our small streams is key for catchment […]
This one-day, introductory course consists of a series of interactive introductory talks and a practical field session. It arose from requests for a basic course that would introduce volunteers, anglers, farmers and foresters to the pattern of life in our rivers and streams. It is designed as a bespoke course and can be tailored to […]
Environmental DNA ( eDNA), is DNA that is collected from a variety of environmental samples such as water, soil, snow etc., rather than directly sampled from an individual organism. As various organisms interact with the environment, DNA is expelled and accumulates in their surroundings. Example sources of eDNA include: faeces / scat / mucous, shed skin, fish […]
I’m currently working with colleagues from AST, Swansea University and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, on a review for Natural Resources Wales of tracking options to monitor key migratory species across selected zones of the Welsh coastline. This feasibility study will look at options for increasing knowledge of the use of Welsh marine areas […]
River Rehabilitation My advisory work continues on the Rivers Dodder and Bandon, where major flood relief works have recently been completed. Hopefully high water levels will help to “bed in” the deflectors, resting pools, gravel shoals and boulders which have been installed along the areas affected by the schemes. Plans are in place to complete […]
My colleague Martin McGarrigle (http://www.limnos-consultancy.com/ ) and I have now completed the training and field components of the Water Resources Management Training Programme which was funded by Louth Leader Partnership (https://louthleaderpartnership.ie/). Overall the project proved very successful with extensive buy in to the project from a range of stakeholder groups in the Louth area. Following […]