Inland Fisheries Ireland has confirmed that it is investigating a serious incident in a stream near Kinsale in Co Cork which has resulted in the deaths of at least 2,000 fish
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An IFI spokeswoman said that incident had resulted in the deaths of both brown trout and eel over a 4-5 kilometres stretch of the Brownmills Stream which flows into the estuary at Kinsale. “Inland Fisheries Ireland first became aware of the issue on Wednesday when a member of the public informed staff of seeing dead fish in the stream,” said the IFI spokeswoman.
The IFI spokeswoman confirmed IFI staff had removed both fish and water samples from the affected area and they have been sent for analysis by Cork County Council’s Environmental Department.
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