2021 funding call grants for the SSTCPF and MFF Schemes
Brett’s Weir, Nore, Kilkenny
The GPS location is (653017.096, 654659.02m)
The weir is still in use with water being abstracted to generate electricity which is used to power a saw mill with the remaining power being sold to the grid. The water in the headrace is used to power a generator which I turn generates power for this sawmill.
The River Nore is an important salmon river. The weir at Brett’s causes a delay in fish moving upstream to reach their spawning grounds. This delay can have major problems for individual fish and the species population due to predation, loss of eggs, loss of available spawning gravels, and overuse of spawning gravels downstream of the weir.
Tender: Brett’s Weir – The Construction of a Rock Ramp Fish Pass at Brett’s Weir on the River Nore, Co. Kilkenny.
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Dawros River Catchment Management Plan
Dawros River in Letterfrack, more commonly known as the Kylemore River locally.
- request management plan
River Deel at Askeaton
€105,000 in funding for the preparation of detailed reports and design for the removal or improvement of fish passage at four weirs on the River Deel at Askeaton. Plan will open up 40 kilometres of main river channel and 100 kilometres of tributaries for migrating fish species such as salmon, sea trout, eels and lamprey.
2021 concerns that salmon smolt are being mangled in the hydro-electric turbine run by the Kingspan Aeroboard company
Riddlestown Stream Rehabilitation (River Deel)
€10,000 to West Limerick Deel Anglers for appropriate assessment screening and detailed in-river habitat management plans. These plans help inform appropriate measures and rehabilitation for salmon and sea trout habitats, which is being proposed as part of the Riddlestown stream rehabilitation works.