elusive triggers

[TriggerHappy]

I keep hearing reports and indeed have been lucky enuff to catch triggers by the bucket load on the ring of kerry but only on a couple of occasions and on 1 specific mark. I heard that they turn up all over the place down there but it seems so patchy ...anyone got any ideas or even better prepared to divulge any marks........?

[Rarefish]

Triggers seems to be common only in some years, possibly due to annual variations in sea water temperatures.

Quigley, D.T.G. (1985) Specimens of trigger fish Balistes carolinensis Gmelin 1789 (B. capriscus Gmelin) from Achill Island, Co Mayo, and a review of the Irish records. Ir. Nat. J. 21: 474-476.

Quigley, D.T.G. (1987) First record of the trigger fish Balistes carolinensis (Gmelin, 1789) from Co Dublin, and a further record from Co Cork.
Ir. Nat. J. 22: 207.

Quigley, D.T.G., Flannery, K. & O'Shea, J. (1993) Fish Note: Trigger Fish Balistes capriscus Gmelin. Ir. Nat. J. 24: 223-228.

Quigley, D.T.G., Flannery, K. & O'Shea, J. (1993) Trigger fish in Irish waters: a biogeographical review. In: Biogeography of Ireland - past, present and future. M.J. Costello & K.S. Kelly (Eds.). Occ. Publ. Ir. biogeog. Soc. No. 2: 127-140.

Quigley, D.T. (1997) Trigger Happy in Irish waters?
Sherkin Comment No. 23 (1997): 23.