Very Few New Fish at Barriers as of September 9th

Very few new fish arrived at the Northwest and Dungarvon Barriers this past week.

Five new fish moved in at  the Northwest Barrier giving a total of 284 compared to 921 (up 61) the same time last year . Brook trout numbers are still down as well. Totals as of September 9th are shown below.

  Grilse  (to 63 cm) Small Salmon (64-84 cm)  Large Salmon (>84 cm)   Total Small &  Large    All  Atlantic Salmon Brook Trout
2012 Total to Date     156      72     56     128     284   762
Previous Year     694      152     75     227     921   1235

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The Dungarvon Barrier had NO new fish arrive at the barrier this past week. Numbers still total 241 compared to 769 (up 29 over the week) the same time last year. Brook trout numbers also remained the same with 66 arriving to date compared to 30 in 2011.

  Grilse  (to 63 cm) Small Salmon (64-84 cm)  Large Salmon (>84 cm)   Total Small &  Large    All  Atlantic Salmon Brook Trout
2012 Total to Date
    134      37      70     107      241    66
Previous Year     537      75      157     232      769    30

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