The western lakes development project, of which the River Robe is a part, has been receiving funding under the tourism angling measure, TAM, of the operational programme for tourism 1994-99, to rehabilitate the Corrib, Mask and Cara Lakes as prime brown trout fisheries for tourism angling. The project has received approval for three phases of funding, totalling investment of over £2 million, which is nearly 12 per cent of the total funding available under the tourism angling measure.
As with all such projects, contract staff are employed on a project-specific basis. The staff taken on by the Western Regional Fisheries Board for the western lakes project, including those on the Robe, are employed for the duration of the project.