Reinforcing riverbank

fulljonny

I'll get straight to it.
Been planning on reinforcing a piece of riverbank that runs through my land as over the years a fair bit has been eroded away.
And due to time constraints and finding the right stone could only get to do it now.
However a friendly neighbour of mine has pointed out that there is a cut off date due to fish spawning.Have trawled the Internet and can't find any reference to this.Is there any truth to this?Any information or advice greatly appreciated.

ravima

be very careful about doing work on a riverbank. You could get into all kinds of trouble with fisheries and council. I'd suggest you talk to an agri advisor first as if you are in reps or whatever replaced it, you could also be in trouble. Sorry to be bearer of bad news!

Genghis Cant

fulljonny wrote: »

I'll get straight to it.
Been planning on reinforcing a piece of riverbank that runs through my land as over the years a fair bit has been eroded away.
And due to time constraints and finding the right stone could only get to do it now.
However a friendly neighbour of mine has pointed out that there is a cut off date due to fish spawning.Have trawled the Internet and can't find any reference to this.Is there any truth to this?Any information or advice greatly appreciated.

Well Johnny,
Your neighbour is correct. You can't work (except under derogation) instream in the annual close season. Generally the close season would be from the end of Sept to March. In order that newly spawned fry not be disturbed works would not usually be carried out until May. So the window of oppertunity usually is May to Sept.
Your best bet is to contact you local Inland Fisheries office:

http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/About-Us/contact-us.html

They would have a lot of experience in this exact situation.

fulljonny

Thanks for the information.It's a pity as it's a job that needs doing.At least I know now and not later!!

Genghis Cant

fulljonny wrote: »

Thanks for the information.It's a pity as it's a job that needs doing.At least I know now and not later!!

Even though it can't be done till next year at the earliest, you should arrange a site visit with IFI and try and get it penciled in for 2015. If ya get the right man out he'll tell ya exactly what ya need to know!

Bog Man 1

You can reinforce a riverbank with willow . I saw it done when I did a course on stream maintenance with the fisheries board .

http://www.duhallowlife.com/content/don%E2%80%99t-dump-your-used-christmas-trees-they-can-protect-nature

Genghis Cant

Bog Man 1 wrote: »

You can reinforce a riverbank with willow . I saw it done when I did a course on stream maintenance with the fisheries board .

http://www.duhallowlife.com/content/don%E2%80%99t-dump-your-used-christmas-trees-they-can-protect-nature

All fine & dandy in a very specific type of river channel but not near as versatile as rock armouring.
A strategically placed deflector or series of them can realign a channel too.
The OP needs to get a site visit arranged with IFI and progress from there.

The Christmas trees could get the go ahead then :^)

DarByrne1980

Wont the reinforcement have to take into account the soil and subsoil types around that part of the land? The site visit should sort this. Might need to get the Teagasc boyos involved also as they have the info on the soils.