Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2013
419. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in monthly tabular form, the number of salmon that came through the fish counter in Scartleigh dam on the river Feale from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2523/13]
View answerI am advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) that the fish counter referred to is a one channel counter operated on a crump which was installed to assist fish over the large weir at that location. The counter was fully operational for all of 2012 except for a three week period in June when an emergency repair which was carried out. For the previous 5 years, in the same period of June an average of 490 fish were counted through the counter.
The following table sets out the count data for 2012:
|
Month |
Up Count |
Down Count |
|
January |
26 |
0 |
|
February |
59 |
3 |
|
March |
198 |
26 |
|
April |
235 |
100 |
|
May |
367 |
2 |
|
June |
171 |
0 |
|
July |
1,059 |
15 |
|
August |
504 |
2 |
|
September |
638 |
2 |
|
October |
425 |
2 |
|
November |
55 |
0 |
|
December |
51 |
0 |
|
Total |
3,788 |
152 |
