The fish farmers hoped that government, municipalities, owners of fishing rights and sport fishermen would be interested in financing the production of stocking material. Demand on the carp fingerlings by the owners of small water bodies (farm and garden ponds, small lakes etc.) has increased too. The fish farmers have also tried to adopt several new for Estonia objects of aquaculture (sturgeons, eel, crayfish, arctic char, grayling). Recently angling in ponds has got a good start of development. There were 22 professional fish farms in Estonia in 1998. Among them were 14 rainbow trout farms. These were producing mainly large rainbow trout. Only recently small demand for portion size trout has occurred in Estonia. Trout was reared in flow through ponds on river or spring water or in net cages in effluent channel of an electric power station. The most important enterprises were Viru Salmo and Saare Kalakasvatus, which owned
with a set of compromise rules. The All-Ireland semifinals and finals, sponsored by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), are highlights of the hurling and Gaelic football seasons. Soccer, rugby, sailing, cycling, golf, and horse and greyhound racing are also favorite activities. Soccer has become a particularly popular spectator sport in the 1990s, reflecting the enthusiasm surrounding the national team's successes during the first half of the decade. Fishing, or angling, is also a common recreational activity, featuring mainly trout and salmon fishing. Rugby internationals played at Dublin's Lansdowne Road stadium are considered high points of the sporting year. Enthusiasts of horse racing flock to the Galway Races in the summer and early fall. Holidays and Celebrations The Irish celebrate New Year's Day on 1 January. Saint Patrick's Day on 17 March is a national holiday and is marked by parades, shamrock decorations, and sometimes the
composition of oil, as well as by the diversity and variability of biological systems and their sensitivity to oil pollution. Impact of oil on coastal activities The effects of a particular oil spill depend upon many factors, not least the properties of the oil. Contamination of coastal amenity areas is a common feature of many spills leading to public disquiet and interference with recreational activities such as bathing, boating, angling and diving. Hotel and restaurant owners, and others who gain their livelihood from the tourist trade can also be affected. The disturbance to coastal areas and to recreational pursuits from a single spill is comparatively short-lived and any effect on tourism is largely a question of restoring public confidence once clean-up is completed. Industries that rely on a clean supply of seawater for their normal operations can be adversely affected by oil spills
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