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Finn

Finn

Net Count

1570

Date Counted: 31st July 2023

The River Finn is one of the major salmon rivers in the Foyle catchment. The counter is situated at Killygordon and has been in operation since December 2000.

The Finn site has a 4-channel crump weir spanning the breadth of the river at this location. Each channel is built to a different level with the two central channels set at a lower level. The reason for the lower level channels is to enable all migratory species that use this river to get over the weir at lower water levels.


Below is the net up count for Finn Counter on the River Finn from 2012 to 2022

Year Net Up Count
2012 2190
2013 2715
2014 3748
2015 2953
2016 2588
2017 1985
2018 3955
2019 4247
2020 2302
2021 2409
2022 1194

* Please note that an average count has been added from Feb-May 2023 due to one of the channels not being operational.

Location of Counter

Site Details - Partial Count

1 Width of River at weir during high flow 27m
2 Sluice Gate 1.5m
3 Breadth of Channels/Arrays: 25.5m
a. Channel 1 8m
b. Channel 2 4.5m
c. Channel 3 5.5m
d. Channel 4 7.5m
4 Electrode Total Length: 82.5m
5 Width Not Covered by Array 0.0
6 Operational Start Date Dec 2000
7 First Data Set Dec 2000
8 Camera 4 x Arial
9 Camera Coverage 2 – C1 & C4
10 Required Salmon Upstream every year 5410 Management Target

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