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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