We have produced a number of posts outlining the reasons why there are no salmon in the upper Shannon. Links to these posts can be found below.
- Reason 1: Smolt turbine mortality
- Reason 2: Management of Parteen fish pass
- Reason 3: Ardnacrusha tail race and fish-lock
- Reason 4: Unsustainable water management
Salmon passing though Ardnacrusha
Ardnacrusha Power Station
Island River Salmon Parr 1996 – the last of the Shannon salmon?
Jamestown Weir, Co Leitrim, August 2013
Parteen Regulating Weir
Old River Shannon Foundation 
the turbines are doing millions of euro damage to the shannon system every year and only generating small amonts of electricity they should have been closed years ago can you imagine how much a good population of salmon would be worth to our economy ……. millions