A Carrick-on-suir Cllr. is calling for an immediate ban on prawn-bait fishing on the river suir.
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Councillor Bobby Fitzgerald said the use of this type of bait for fishing is commercial angling under another name
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Atlantic salmon are presently on a red list of endangered species and need to be protected according to the Cllr. .
He is calling on South Tipp County Council to write to the the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Simon Coveney , to prohibit prawn bait fishing on the river Suir.
