Lamprey surveys and consultancy advice UK & Ireland
Three species of lamprey occur in Ireland; the brook lamprey Lampetra planeri, the river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis and the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. The lampreys (family Petromyzonidae) belong to a…
We were delighted to work recently with BBC Earth on a documentary on Sea Lampreys Petromyzon marinus. The filming took place during early-June 2017 on the old River Shannon at Castleconnell, Co Limerick.…
We undertook a number of Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus spawning surveys during 2016 and some videos from these surveys are presented on this post. Sea Lamprey is the largest of…
The following is a video of River Lampreys Lampetra fluviatilis and adult Minnows Phoxinus phoxinus (in their spawning colours) interacting on the Lower River Slaney at Scarawalsh during early May…
This post provides links to videos we posted to our YouTube channel this year of migratory lampreys spawning in the Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation. These are some…
Inland Fisheries Ireland’s talk delivered at #fishpassage2015 was entitled “Dodgy barriers: conservation implications and mitigations for sea lamprey in Irish SAC’s“. This should have been entitled “Ireland’s dodgy sea lamprey…
