asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry if he will outline the restocking programme for all salmon rivers in County Cork for 1981.
Written Answers. - County Cork Salmon Rivers Restocking.
408.
Restocking done to date and in prospect in 1981 of salmon rivers in Co. Cork is as follows:
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Type of restocking |
River System |
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|
Ova |
Unfed Fry |
Fingerlings |
Smolts |
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|
— |
— |
— |
150,000 |
Lee |
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|
— |
— |
200,00 |
— |
Lee |
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|
60,000 |
— |
— |
— |
Ilen |
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|
10,000 |
— |
— |
— |
Meelagh |
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|
10,000 |
— |
— |
— |
Comhola |
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|
10,000 |
— |
— |
— |
Ouvane |
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|
10,000 |
— |
— |
— |
Glengariff |
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|
— |
90,000 |
— |
— |
Blackwater |
Douglas |
—30,000 |
|
Awbeg |
—20,000 |
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|
Bride |
—20,000 |
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|
Araglin |
—20,000 |
The ova have already been distributed. The figures shown for unfed fry, fingerlings and smolts are provisional because these fish will not be distributed until appropriate times later in the year when they will have reached the required maturity and by which time the numbers may have reduced somewhat through normal mortality.