'there is a clear consensus among those affected that the relevant Government agencies have failed to take appropriate action'
PA Duffy & Co, whose founder Paddy Duffy also helped form Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Cooperative in 1965, has an historic interest in the lake.
“Thousands of people in Northern Ireland rely on Lough Neagh for both commercial and recreational use including fishermen and open water swimmers. “The impact of blue green algae, caused by a toxic mix of agricultural runoff, invasive species, waste water treatment capacity and higher temperatures, is suffocating Britain and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake. It poses an unique and critical threat to biodiversity, animal and human health that we have to work together to address.
Phosphorus pollution rose 51% after the Northern Ireland Government’s 2012 Going for Growth strategy, which saw intensive farms increase and agri-food sales rise from £4 billion to £5 billion a year according to government data.The report, which we’ve seen, also outlined how Lough Neagh has had high levels of pollutants since 2015 with its ecological status rated ‘bad’ in 2015, 2020 and 2021.Sewage pollution Wastewater and sewage is also entering the lake.
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