A total of 15 seizures of illegal fishing equipment or nets were also made by IFI officers in the same year.
The IFI is the state agency responsible for the conservation, protection, management, of hundreds of rivers and lakes and waterways in the Shannonside Northern Sound region.
A 2019 analysis of their work in Roscommon and Leitrim reveals that seven Fixed Charge Penalty Notices were issued in the Roscommon area in 2019 and eleven in Leitrim.
Thirty-three Warnings issued to anglers in the Roscommon area in 2019 and twelve in Leitrim.
Just two prosecutions were initiated but did not get completed - one each in Leitrim and Roscommon - while a total of nine warning letters were issued for water quality infringements.
A dozen seizures of illegal fishing were made in Roscommon in 2019 - including an unattended rod with live bait, as well as eight fyke nets one of which had caught up to 100 eels
In Leitrim, three seizures were made - including one incident when rods and lines, as well as a crayfish trap, were seized .
1680 man-hours were spent on carrying out inspections of recreational anglers for licenses or permits and other anglers in Roscommon in 2019 - and 543 in Leitrim.
