Appendix
C: Flora, Fauna and Fisheries
Table
4: Fisheries value of the main water courses in the southern
section of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford study area.
|
Name
|
Channel
type
|
Fisheries
value/protected fauna
|
Rating
|
|
Barrow
system
|
|
Barrow
|
Main
channel
|
Good
stock of brown trout. Salmon, bream and pike also present.
Noted for quality of coarse fishing at a number of locations.
Lamprey (unspec.) in the upper reaches
|
A
|
|
Monefelim
River
|
Tributary
|
Contains
salmonids
|
C
|
|
Gowran
River
|
Tributary
|
Contains
salmonids
|
C
|
|
Powerstown
River
|
Tributary
|
Contains
salmonids
|
C
|
|
Nore
system
|
|
River
Nore
|
Main
channel
|
Designated
Salmonid Water. Proposed as an SAC for salmon (Dwyer,
2000). Good stocks of brown trout. Lamprey (unspec.)
in the upper reaches. Ammocoetes (unspec.) in the lower
and middle reaches. Brook and sea lamprey common; sea
lamprey spawn between Thomastown and Inistioge
|
A
|
|
Pococke
River
|
Tributary
|
Contains
salmonids
|
C
|
|
King's
River
|
Tributary
|
Important
for salmonids. Lamprey (unspec.) in the upper reaches.
White-clawed crayfish present. Two main tributaries:
River Glory and Ennisnag Stream
|
B
|
|
Little
Arrigle River
|
Tributary
|
Ammocoetes
(unspec.) in the lower reaches. Important for salmonids
|
B
|
|
Arrigle
River
|
Tributary
|
Brook
and sea lamprey spawn in the lower reaches. Important
for salmonids
|
B
|
|
Suir
system
|
|
River
Suir
|
Main
channel
|
Adjoins
the southern boundary of the study area. Contains salmonids,
twaite shad, smelt, brook lamprey, river lamprey, sea
lamprey, white-clawed crayfish
|
A
|
|
Black
Water River
|
Tributary
|
Important
for salmonids One main tributary: Pollanassa River
|
B
|
|
Smartcastle
Stream
|
Tributary
|
Contains
salmonids
|
C
|
Sources:
Southern Regional Fisheries Board, Reynolds (1998), Kurz and
Costello (1999), Dwyer (2000)
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