Some examples:
Books
Nomads of the Tides: Fishing for Irish Sea -Trout Medlar Press, 2013 (www.medlarpress.com) -with Chris McCully
Celebrating Irish Salmon Artisan House Editions, 2013 (www.artisanhouse.ie) – with Mairin Ui Chomain
Irish Rivers (1986. Ed: Éamon de Buitléar) Dooge, J., Goodwillie, R., Heuff, H and Whelan , K.F.. Country House, Dublin. (pp.128)
The Book of the Irish Countryside -Wildlife in the Countryside – Fish, (1987) Town House, 163 – 170. (As Robert O’ Kelly)
The Angler in Ireland: Game, Coarse and Sea. (1989) Town House, Dublin. 408pp.
Recent Book Chapters:
Swier Ad, A World of Pike Flies (2013), Westerlaan Publisher, Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands. 208pp
Kelly-Quinn, M. and Baars, J-R, (2012) The Remarkable Rye Water – Celebrating 20 years of commitment to the Rye Water and it’s valley. Hudson Killeen. Dublin and Intel Ltd, Leixlip, Dublin 83pp.
Whelan, K., Harris, G., Milner, N., Potter, E., Llewelyn, I. and Gallagher, C. (2017).Looking Ahead: Management Priorities for Sea Trout. In: Sea Trout: Science and Management. Proceedings of the 2nd International Sea Trout Symposium Dundalk, Ireland, 20th – 22nd October 2015. Editor: Graeme Harris. Pages: 555 – 585. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Lake Drive, Citywest, Dublin, Ireland.
Selection of Scientific Papers
Whelan K.F. (1979) Some aspects of the biology of Ephemera danica Mull (Ephemerida: Ephemeroptera) in Irish Waters. P 187-200. In J.F. Flanagan and K.E. Marshall ed. Advances in Ephemeroptera Biology (Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Ephemeroptera, Winnipeg, Canada, July 4th-10th. 1979) Plenum Press, New York.
Whelan K.F. (1983) Migratory Patterns of Bream (Abramis brama L.) shoals in the River Suck System. Ir. Fish. Invest. Ser. A. 23, 11-15pp.
K.F.Whelan and B.J. Whelan (1986) The Economics of Salmon Fishing in the Republic of Ireland: Present and Potential. Institute of Fisheries Management. Proceedings of 17th Annual Study Course. University of Ulster at Coleraine. 9th-11th Sept. 1986. pp 191-208.
Whelan, K.F. (1990). An Overview of Techniques used in Atlantic Salmon Restoration and Rehabilitation Programmes. Strategies for the Rehabilitation of Salmon Rivers. AST/IFM Linnean Soc. Joint Conference Proceedings. Held at the Linnean Society, London, 29th / 30th November, 1990. Ed. D. Mills: 6-18.
Whelan, K.F. and McGinnity, P.(1991). A Comparative and Genetic Profile of Wild and Ranched Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar L.) Stocks from the Burrishoole System, Co. Mayo, Western Ireland. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Biological interactions of enhanced and wild salmonids; hosted by Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch / Salmonid Enhancement Program, Pacific Region, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada.
Whelan, K.F. (1993). Decline of Sea Trout in the West of Ireland: an Indication of Forthcoming Marine Problems for Salmon? Proceedings of the Fourth International Atlantic Salmon Symposium, St. Andrews, N.B. Canada, June 1992. Salmon in the Sea and New Enchancement Strategies – (ed. D. Mills). Fishing News Books, Chapter 9.
Tully, O., Poole, W.R. and Whelan K.F. (1993). Infestation Parameters for Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer) copepoda:caligidae) Parasitic on Sea Trout (Salmo trutta L.) Post Smolts on the West Coast of Ireland during 1990 and 1991. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management. Vol. 24, No. 4, 545-557.
Tully, O., Poole, W.R., Whelan, K.F. and Merigoux, S. (1993). Parameters and Possible Causes of Epizootics of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer) Parasitic on Sea Trout (Salmo trutta L.) on the West Coast of Ireland. Proceedings of the First European Crustacea Conference. Paris, August 31 – September 5, 1992 . Pathogens of Wild and Farmed Fish, Sea Lice. (ed. G.A. Boxshall). Ellis Horwood Ltd., London. 202-212.
Tully, O and Whelan, K.F. (1993). Production of Nauplii of Lepeoptheirus salmonis Kroyer) Copepods: Caligdae) from Farmed and Wild Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) on the West Coast of Ireland During 1991 and its Relation to Infestation Levels on Wild Sea Trout (Salmo trutta L.). Fisheries Research 17, 187-200.
Whelan, K.F., Rogan,G and Mantle, P. (1994) Enhancement- Stocking for Catch. In: A Hard Look at Tough Issues. Proceedings of the New England Salmon Management Conference, April 22 – 23, 1994. New England Salmon Association, Newburyport, MA. Pp. 134 – 150.
Poole, W.R., Whelan, K.F., Dillane, M.G., Cooke, D.J. and Matthews, M.A. (1996). The Performance of Sea Trout, (Salmo trutta L), Stocks from the Burrishoole System Western Ireland, 1970-1994. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 3 (1). 73-92.
Hutchinson, A.J., Ryan, R., Whelan, K.F. and MacEvilly, U. (1996). Electrophoretic analysis of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) mucus. Biochemcial Society Transactions. No. 24.
Matthews, M.A., Poole, W.R., Dillane, M.G. and Whelan, K.F. (1997). Juvenile Recruitment and Smolt Output of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta L.) and Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) from a Lacustrine System in Western Ireland. Fisheries Research, 31. 19-37.
Whelan, K.F. (1997). Salmon and sea trout. In: Ireland in the coming times – Essays to celebrate T.K. Whitaker’s 80years. IPA, Dublin; 386-399.
Whelan, K.F., Poole, W.R., McGinnity, P., Rogan, R. & Cotter, D. (1998). The Burrishoole System. Chapter 11. In: Ed. Moriarty, C. Studies of Irish Rivers and Lakes Marine Institute, Dublin. Congress of Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), Dublin . 279pp.
Gargan, P., Whelan, K.F. & Whelan, B.J. (1998). An Illustrative Grilse Survival Model for an Irish Salmon Fishery. IN: Recreational Fisheries – Social Economic and Management Aspects. FAO / Fishing News Books, 106 – 115.
Cross, TK and Ferguson, A and Galvin, P and McGinnity, P and O’Farrell, M and Whelan, K (1998) ‘The ecology and genetics of salmonid and coregonid fish in Ireland’. Studies in Irish Limnology. Essays on the Occasion of the XXVII Congress of Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), Dublin, :9-14
Whelan, K.F. and O Muircheartiagh, F.S. (1999). Managing Ireland’s Spring Salmon Stocks – the Options: Proceedings of a seminar and workshop. Dublin, September 11th 1998. Salmon Research Agency and Central Fisheries Board; 86pp.
Matthews, M.A., Poole, W.R., Thompson, C.E., McKillen, J., Ferguson, A., Hindar, K. & Whelan, K.F. (2000). Incidence of hybridisation between Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and brown trout, Salmo trutta L., in Ireland. Fisheries Management & Ecology7; 337-347.
Whoriskey F. Jr. and Whelan K. F. (2000) (Eds.) Managing Wild Atlantic Salmon. New Challenges – New Techniques. Proceedings of the 5th Atlantic Salmon Symposium, September 1997, Galway, Ireland. Atlantic Salmon Federation, US / Atlantic Salmon Trust, UK. 244pp.
Byrne, C.J., Poole, W.R., Dillane, M.G. & Whelan, K. (2002). The Irish sea trout enhancement programme: an assessment of the parr stocking programme into the Burrishoole catchment. Fisheries Management & Ecology 9 (6); 329-341..
Poole, W.R., Byrne, C.J., Dillane, M.G., Whelan, K. & Gargan, P.G. (2002). The Irish sea trout enhancement programme: a review of the broodstock and ova production programmes. Fisheries Management & Ecology 9 (6); 315-328.
Whelan, K.F. (2001) The Burrishoole Experimental Catchment In: Catchment Management – Proceedings of the 31st Annual Study Course of The Institute of Fisheries of Fisheries Management (ed. C. Moriarty), Trinity College, Dublin.
O’Maoiléidigh, N., Potter,E.C.E., McGinnity,P., Whelan,K.F., Cullen,A., McLaughlin,D., and McDermot, T. (2002). The Significance and Interpretation of Net Catch Data. In: The Interpretation of Rod and Net Catch Data. Proceedings of a workshop held at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquatic Science, Lowestoft, 6th – 7th November 2001. Ed.: Richard Shelton. 15 – 30. Atlantic Salmon Trust, Pitlochry, Scotland.
Hutchinson, P., Welch, D., Boehlert, G., and Whelan, K. (2002) A Synthesis of the Joint Meeting. In: Joint Meeting on Causes of Marine Mortality of Salmon in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans and in the Baltic Sea. Eds.: IBFSC, NASCO, NPAFC and PICES. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. (NPAFC) Technical Report 4. Vancouver, Canada.
Whelan, K.F., Whelan, B.J. & Rogan, G. (2002). Catch as a Predictor of Salmon Stock in the Burrishoole Fishery, Co. Mayo, Western Ireland. In: The Interpretation of Rod and Net Catch Data. Proceedings of a workshop held at the Centre for environment, Fisheries and Aquatic Science, Lowestoft, 6th – 7th November 2001. Ed.: Richard Shelton. 76 – 84. Atlantic Salmon Trust, Pitlochry, Scotland.
Fagan M.S., N.O’Byrne-Ring, R. Ryan, D.Cotter, K. Whelan, U. MacEvilly, (2003) A biochemical study of mucus lysozyme, proteins and plasma thyroxine of Atlantic salmon during smoltification. Aquaculture 222 (2003) 287-300.
Dillane, M., deEyto, E., O’Hea, B., Poole, R. & Whelan, K. (2003). Electrofishing survey of the Burrishoole, Newport, Owengarve, Owenduff, Glenamoy and Carrowmore systems – 2003, with reference to previous surveys. Marine Institute, Newport. Report to North Western Regional Fisheries Board.
O’Byrne-Ring N. , K. Dowling, D.Cotter, K. Whelan & U. MacEvilly, (2003) Changes in mucus cell numbers in the epidermis of the Atlantic salmon at the onset of smoltification. J. Fish Biol. 63 (6)(2003) 1365-1370.
Byrne, C.J., Poole, R., Rogan, G., Dillane, M. & Whelan, K.F. (2003). Temporal and environmental influences on the variation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolt migration in the Burrishoole system from 1971 to 2000. Journal of Fish Biology 63; 1552-1564.
Whelan, K.F. and O’Maoiléidigh N. (2003). From Went to Quotas – 50 years of Salmon Management in Ireland. Proceedings of the Salmon and Trout Association Centenary Conference, 9th and 10th September 2003. University of Greenwich, London.
Byrne, C.J., Poole, R., Dillane, M., Rogan, G. & Whelan, K.F. (2004). Temporal and environmental influences on the variation in sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) smolt migration in the Burrishoole system in the west of Ireland from 1971 to 2000. Fisheries Research 66 (1); 85-94.
Whelan, K.F. (2005) International Atlantic Salmon Management – A Model for Marine Resource Strategy. Went Memorial Lecture 2005, Royal Dublin Society, 24pp
Coughlan, J. McGinnity, P, O’Farrell, B., Dillane, E., Diserud,O., de EytoE., O’Farrell, K., Whelan, K., Stet, R.J.M. and Cross, T. (2006). Temporal variation in immune response genes in anadromous Salmo trutta in an Irish river before and during aquaculture activities: Evidence from comparing major histocompatibility class I embedded microsatellites with neutral markers in archival scales. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63, 1248-1255.
Poole, W.R., Dillane, M., deEyto, E., Rogan, G., McGinnity, P. & Whelan, K. (2006). Characteristics of the Burrishoole sea trout population: census, marine survival, enhancement and stock recruitment, 1971-2003. In: Sea Trout: Biology, Conservation and Management (Harris, G.S. & Milner, N.J., Eds). Proceedings of the First International Sea Trout Symposium, July 2004, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 279-306.
Coughlan, J., McGinnity, P., O’Farrell, B., Dillane, E., Diserud, O., de Eyto, E., Farrell, K., Whelan, K. F., Stet, R. J. M. & Cross, T. (2006). Temporal variation in an immune response gene (MHC I) in anadromous Salmo trutta in an Irish river before and during aquaculture activities. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63; 1248-1255.
Hansen, L. P. and Windsor, M. (2006). Interactions between aquaculture and wild stocks of Atlantic salmon and other diadromous species: science and management, challenges and solutions. Preface K. Whelan and M. Sissenwine – NINA (Norway) Special Report 34, Trondheim, 74pp.
McGinnity, P., de Eyto, E., Cross, T., Coughlan J., Whelan K. and Ferguson, A. (2007). Population specific smolt development, migration and maturity schedules in Atlantic salmon in a natural river environment. Aquaculture 273; 257-268.
McGinnity, P., de Eyto, E., Cross, T.F., Coughlan, J., Whelan, K., Ferguson, A.; (2007) Population Specific Smolt Development, Migration and Maturity Schedules In: Atlantic Salmon in a Natural River Environment. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Salmonid Smoltification held in Tono, Japan, 2005.
Brennan, L., Whelan, K., Reddin, D., O’Maoileidigh, N., McGinnity, P., and Bond, N., (2008). Atlantic salmon Stock Assessment using DIDSON (Dual-frequency Identification Sonar). ICES Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon Working Paper 16/2008.
Brennan, L., Whelan, K., O’Maoileidigh, N., Bond, and N., Reddin, D. (2009). Atlantic salmon stock assessment using DIDSON in Ireland and Newfoundland/Labrador – Development of a Semi-automated Counting Technique. ICES Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon Working Paper 31/2009.
Philip McGinnity, Eleanor Jennings, Elvira deEyto, Norman Allott, Patrick Samuelsson, Gerard Rogan, Ken Whelan and Tom Cross. (2009) Impact of naturally spawning captive bred Atlantic salmon on wild populations: depressed recruitment and increased risk of climate mediated extinction. Proc. R. Soc. B 2009 276, 3601-3610
McGinnity, P., Jennings, E., deEyto, E., Allott, N., Samuelsson, P., Rogan, G., Whelan, K. & Cross, T. (2009). Impact of naturally spawning captive-bred Atlantic salmon on wild populations: depressed recruitment and increased risk of climate-mediated extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, published online 29 July 2009.doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0799
Murphy, T.M., M. Berzano, S. M. O’Keeffe, D. M. Cotter, S. E. McEvoy, K. A. Thomas`, N. P. O´ Maoileidigh and K. F. Whelan. (2010) Anisakid larvae in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Grilse and post-smolts: molecular identification and histopathology J. Parasitol., 96(1), 2010, pp. 77–82
Whelan, K (2010) A Review of the Impacts of the Salmon Louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837) on Wild Salmonids – http://www.atlanticsalmontrust.org/assets/ast-sea-lice-impacts-review.pdf
Brennan, L. (2012) A Stock Assessment of Atlantic salmon in Large Riverine Catchments PhD Thesis, The National University of Ireland, Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway. Supervisors: Prof. Ken Whelan and Tiernan Henry.
Milner, N.J., Cowx, I.G. and Whelan, K.F. (2012) Salmonids and flows: a perspective on the state of the science and its application. Fisheries Management and Ecology, Volume 19, Issue 6, pages 445–450.
Whelan, K. and McCully, C. (2013) Occurrence of wild Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the River Dodder at Ballsbridge, Dublin. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 33 (1): 70-71
O’Sullivan, A. and Whelan, K. (2013) Chester Weir, River Dee, Archimedes Screw Hydroelectric Scheme – Screening and Scoping Report. Commissioned Report for the Sustainable Development Department of Chester and Cheshire West Borough Council. 91pp
Whelan (2013) River Dee Project – Phase 2 (2013) Installation of a Fish Monitoring Station, Chester Weir, River Dee. Commissioned Report for the Sustainable Development Department of Cheshire West and Chester Council.13pp.
Gurney, W.S.C.,Brennan,L.O,Bacon, P.J.,Whelan, K.F.,O’Grady, M.,Dillane, E. and McGinnity, P. (2014) Objectively Assigning Species and Ages to Salmonid Length Data from Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar. Transactions of The American Fisheries Society, 143 :573-585
Whelan, K.F. (2014) Sea-trout populations in small coastal streams. Biology and Environment. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 114b, No. 3, 199-204.
Fealy, R., Allott, N., Broderick, C., de Eyto E., Dillane M., Marie Erdil R., Jennings E., Hancox L., McCrann K., Murphy C., O’Toole C., Poole R., Rogan G., Ryder L., Taylor D., Whelan K. and Jonathan White J. (2014) RESCALE: Review and Simulate Climate and Catchment Responses at Burrishoole. Marine Research Sub-Programme 2007-2013. http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/4896/1/CM_rescale_2014.pdf
O’Sullivan, A. and Whelan, Ken (2014) Draft Report on Conceptual Design Criteria For Proposed Fish Passage Facilities At Chester Weir. Commissioned Report for the Sustainable Development Department of Cheshire West and Chester Council. 28pp
O’Sullivan, A. and Whelan, K. (2014) Report on Conceptual Design Criteria For Proposed Fish Passage and Fish Trapping Facilities At Chester Weir. Commissioned Report for the Sustainable Development Department of Chester and Cheshire West Borough Council. 41pp
Jensen, A.J., Gilbey, J., Friedland, K.D., McGinnity, P., Mork, K.A., Coughlan, J., Cross, T.F., Einarsson, S., Ensing, D., Erkinaro, J., Fiske, P., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Hansen, L. P., Haugland, M., Holm, M., Holst, J.C., Jacobsen, J.A., Karlsson, S., O Maoleidigh, N., Nielsen, E.E., Primmer, C.R., Prodöhl, P. A., Stevens, J.R.., Thomas, K., Vaha, J-P, Verspoor, E., Wennevik, V., Whelan, K. and Hindar, K. (in review) (2015) Increased understanding of the marine life of a migratory fish gained by combining data on an individual’s ecology and genetic assignment. Proceedings of The Royal Society B.
Gustavson, M.S., Collins, P.C., Finarelli,J.A., Egan, D., Ó Conchúir, R., Wightman, G.D., King, J.J., Gauthier, D.T., Whelan, K., Carlsson, J.E.L., and Carlsson, J. (2015) An eDNA assay for Irish Petromyzon marinus and Salmo trutta and field validation in running water Journal of Fish Biology. Volume 87, Issue 5, November 2015. pp. 1254–1262.
Whelan, Ken (2017) Review and Assessment of Fishery Management Options for the Mulcair River, Co Limerick, Commissioned Independent Review. Electricity Supply Board, Ireland. 25pp.
Moylan,M., O’Cinnéide, L., and Whelan, K. ( 2017) Review of the Aquaculture Licensing Process – Independent Aquaculture Licensing Review. Published Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (May 2017). 70pp. http://www.fishingnet.ie/media/fishingnet/content/ReviewoftheAquacultureLicensingProcess310517.pdf
Barry, J., Whelan, K., Llewelyn, I. and Campbell, R. ( 2017). From Headwater to Headland: Improving smolt survival in rivers and estuaries. Atlantic Salmon Trust Blue Book (December 2017). Based on a conference organised by the Atlantic Salmon Trust and The Tweed Foundation in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 14th and 15th March 2017, 40 pp. (http://www.atlanticsalmontrust.org/from-headwater-to-headland-improving-smolt-survival-in-rivers-and-estuaries/)
Whelan, K., Harris, G., Milner, N., Potter, E., Llewelyn, I. and Gallagher, C. (2107). Looking Ahead: Management Priorities for Sea Trout. In: Sea Trout: Science and Management. Proceedings of the 2nd International Sea Trout Symposium Dundalk, Ireland, 20th – 22nd October 2015. Editor: Graeme Harris. Pages: 555 – 585. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Lake Drive, Citywest, Dublin, Ireland.
Atkinson, S., Carlsson, J.E.L., Ball, B., Egan, D., Kelly-Quinn, M., Whelan, K. and Carlsson, J. (2017). A quantitative PCR based environmental DNA assay for detecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) BioRxiv preprint. First posted online Nov. 29, 2017; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/226829. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not yet peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
Whelan, K., Harris, G., Milner, N., Potter, E., Llewelyn, I. and Gallagher, C. (2017). Looking Ahead: Management Priorities for Sea Trout. In: Sea Trout: Science and Management. Proceedings of the 2nd International Sea Trout Symposium Dundalk, Ireland, 20th – 22nd October 2015. Editor: Graeme Harris. Pages: 555 – 585. Inland Fisheries Ireland, Lake Drive, Citywest, Dublin, Ireland.
Whelan, Ken (2017) Assessing and Mitigating the Impact of a Major Rainbow Trout Escape on the Wild Salmon and Trout Populations of the Mourne River System, Northern Ireland. Consultancy Report. Loughs Agency, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. 27pp.
Crozier,W., Whelan,K. et al (2018) Atlantic salmon mortality at sea: Developing an evidence-based “Likely Suspects” Framework. Atlantic Salmon Trust, Edinburgh, Scotland. 71pp.
Whelan, Ken (2018) A Pre-development Survey of Selected Trout Spawning Streams in the Lough Currane Catchment. For the Waterville Lakes and Rivers Trust. 17pp.
Bravo, Sandra., Silva, María T., Ciancio, Javier & Whelan, Ken (2019) Size structure, age, and diets of introduced Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) inhabiting the Palena River, Chilean Patagonia. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 47(1): 129-137, 2019. DOI: 10.3856/vol47-issue1-fulltext-14
Bravo, Sandra., Whelan, Ken., Sambra, Karla., Silva, María T., Ponce, Nike & Campos, Patricio (2019) Comparative analysis of two rivers infected with Didymosphenia geminata in southern Chile. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 47(4): 665-676, 2019. DOI: 10.3856/vol47-issue4-fulltext-8
Bravo, S., Whelan, K. and Silva, M.T. (2020). Assessment of trout populations inhabiting the Palena River, Southern Chile. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research (in press).
Carlsson, J., Whelan, K. and Carlsson, J. E. L. (2020). Using Environmental DNA for Atlantic Salmon Conservation. In:Proceedings of the 2019 SAMARCH Project: International Salmonid Coastal and Marine Telemetry Workshop. Atlantic Salmon Trust , Perth, Scotland, pages: 45 – 46.
Gargan, L.M., Atkinson, S., Carlsson, J.E.L., Ball, B., Egan, D., Kelly-Quinn, M. and Whelan, K. (2020). Using Environmental DNA Analyses to Detect Atlantic Salmon. In: Managing the Atlantic Salmon in a Rapidly Changing Environment – Management Challenges and Possible Responses. Report of the NASCO Symposium for the International Year of the Salmon 3 – 4 June 2019, Tromsø, Norway. Page 160.
Whelan, K., Roberts, D. and Gray, J. (2020). Proceedings of the 2019 SAMARCH Project: International Salmonid Coastal and Marine Telemetry Workshop. Based on a SAMARCH Workshop held In Southampton, U.K., 5th and 6th November 2019. Atlantic Salmon Trust , Perth, Scotland, 94pp.
Whelan, K. (2020). Tracking as a Contribution to the Likely Suspects Framework. In:Proceedings of the 2019 SAMARCH Project: International Salmonid Coastal and Marine Telemetry Workshop. Atlantic Salmon Trust , Perth, Scotland, pages 8 – 9.
Whelan, K. (2020). Scene-setter for the General Discussion. In: Managing the Atlantic Salmon in a Rapidly Changing Environment – Management Challenges and Possible Responses. Report of the NASCO Symposium for the International Year of the Salmon 3 – 4 June 2019, Tromsø, Norway. Pages 139 – 141.
Bravo,S., Whelan,K. & Silva,M.T. (2021). Assessment of Trout Populations Inhabiting the Palena River, Southern Chile – Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 49(1) – (pre-publication).
Recent Popular Articles (post-2011):
Whelan Ken (2011) – Salmon at Sea – Trout and Salmon Magazine, UK, December 2011
Whelan Ken (2013) – Saving our Salmon at Sea – Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Magazine, UK, March 2013
Whelan Ken (2013) – Chile’s Great Escape – Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Magazine, UK, September 2013
Whelan Ken (2013) – Angling Carries Weight – Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Magazine, UK, October 2013
Whelan Ken (2014) – Under Pressure – The Atlantic Salmon – Irish Wildlife Magazine, Irish Wildlife Trust, Ireland. Winter Issue, 2014.
Whelan Ken (2014) – Atlantic Salmon Lost at Sea – Sherkin Comment, Environmental Quarterly of Sherkin Island Marine Station, Ireland. Issue No. 58.
Whelan Ken (2016) – From Hell to Heaven – Trout and Salmon Magazine, UK, February 2016
Whelan Ken (2017) – A Summer in the Alps – Trout & Salmon Magazine, UK, April 2017
Whelan Ken (2017) – Obituary for Dick Warner – Off the Scale on-line Magazine, Issue 17, June to August 2017
Whelan Ken (2017) – Pink Invaders – Off the Scale on-line Magazine, Issue 18, September to October 2017
Whelan, Ken (2017) – Pink Invaders – The Sequel – Off the Scale on-line Magazine, Issue 20, December 2017
Whelan Ken (2018) – Obituary for Dr Martin O’Grady – Salmo Trutta Magazine, Wild Trout Trust, Autumn 2018
Whelan Ken (2018) – Salmon Under Pressure – Off the Scale on-line Magazine, Issue 25, Nov. 2018.
Films
Managing Ireland’s Salmon – 1985 ( CFB Film Unit) Running Time – 50 mins. Format 16mm and VHS. Co-producer, scientific adviser, script writer, co-presenter.
Salmon a Changing Scene – 1987 ( CFB Film Unit) Running Time – 20 mins. Format 16mm and VHS. Co-producer, scientific adviser, script writer, presenter.
A Fishing Life – 1995 ( Eamon de Buitléar Film Unit) Running Time – 30 mins. Format 16mm and VHS. Co-producer, scientific adviser, script writer, presenter.
An Bradán Feasta – 2008 – Nematon and TG 4
The Wild Atlantic Salmon – 1998 ( Performance Films (UK) / Eamon de Buitléar Film Unit) Running Time – 30 mins. Format 16mm and VHS. Co-producer, scientific adviser, script writer.
A Life in the Wild – 2012 (Eamon de Buitléar Film Unit ) – Series – containing clips form a range of films made with E de B.
Atlantic Salmon Lost at Sea – 2017 Castletown Productions – Associate Producer , Producer, Script Writing and Participant. ( http://www.atlanticsalmonlostatsea.net/)
Turas ‘a Bhradán – 2018 BBC Alba – Irish Episode – January 2018
Videos
The Gift – 2016. Atlantic Salmon Trust / The Angling Trust / FishPal – Series of three short videos on Catch and Release – (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabY7qaVKeANLqCgeSZATLw )
Spring Update Series – 2020. Atlantic Salmon Trust – Co-Host of Series.
( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabY7qaVKeANLqCgeSZATLw)
Stocking Conference – IBIS & AST 2013 ( http://ibis-eu-know.weebly.com/ibis-ast-nov-2013-wed-1115.html )
Webinar: Atlantic Salmon Foundation – Small Coastal Streams ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SHjw4mO2Ss )
Explorers Club, New York – Giant Leap for a Future (https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=318286509322065&ref=watch_permalink)
What Lies Beneath – Virtual Irish Fly Fair 2020 (https://irishflyfair.com/what_lies_beneath.html )
Pod Casts
River Life in Ireland
( https://www.limerick.ie/discover/whats-on/reading-lectures/river-life-webinar )
(http://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2020/07/31/webinar-river-life-in-ireland-with-ken-whelan/ )
River & Estuarine Fishing for Sea Trout (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/ireland-on-the-fly/id1494497441?uo=4 )