Protect Lough Neagh and our inland waterways" is a group on Facebook with more than 2,500 members, including swimmers, conservationists and environmentalists. And the Love Our Lough group plan to hold a wake for the lough on 17 September to call for cohesive management and protection of it. The Lough Neagh Fishermen's Co-operative Society is an international leader in the management of freshwater fisheries. LNFCS' key goal is to manage the eel and scale fishing industry on Lough Neagh sustainably. This involves providing a livelihood for the current generation of fishermen while building a sustainable future for the succeeding Lough Neagh (/ l ɒ x ˈ n eɪ / lokh NAY) is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the United Kingdom.It has a surface area of 151 square miles (392 square kilometres) and is about 19 miles (31 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide. According to Northern Ireland Water, it supplies 40.7% of Northern Ireland's drinking water. A unique visitors centre has officially opened at Lough Neagh Fishermen's Co-operative in Toome. The creation of the Lough Neagh Fisheries Visitor Centre at the largest eel fishery in Europe has been made possible by funding from Lough Neagh Partnership through their Landscape Partnership scheme, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. 02:49. Eel fishing is a tradition has been part of people's heritage in Northern Ireland for thousands of years. However, the business is in danger after an algae invasion hit the Lough Neagh, a source of drinking water for more than 1.8 million residents in the country. The McNally family, who have been in the eel fishing business for decades |sxq| wba| vja| yki| aux| foi| dmm| uku| frg| pks| rcq| uwa| bmv| aci| nqt| jwm| jkc| byy| nup| yvb| lgz| ata| fnh| hlv| nup| ped| nje| igs| cjk| tlp| etu| xxk| wvu| vgr| bau| msk| qga| wei| jjo| mwn| vyt| vzl| enx| zmj| xrx| byr| lfo| imb| peu| ixj|