Swimming Upstream

When the hydro-electric station opened in Ardnacrusha in 1929, concerns raised proved well-founded. Salmon numbers plummeted and have continued to do so ever since, exacerbated by fish farms. Swimming Upstream (The O’Brien Press) charts author Patsy Peril’s mission to save the wild salmon in the Shannon and all over the Atlantic. He has campaigned restlessly on the subject for decades, working with the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation. Join Patsy in conversation with environmentalist Eoghan Daltun.

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