Movers & shakers in the English/Welsh Atlantic salmon river league

With the recent publication of salmon rod catches from Scotland, Fish&Fly take a close look at the 21st century rod catches from salmon rivers in England and Wales. The signs are generally positive (even for the Wye) but there are some alarming downward trends that need addressing. The rivers are ranked on the basis of their average catch this millennium.

Click on the headers of the table below to re-order the figures to make your own judgments.

River	Rank	Avg 8yr	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% change	2007 v avg	Max	Min	River
Tyne	1	3020	2297	2513	2585	2163	4122	3591	3795	3091	61%	2%	4122	682	Tyne
Eden	2	1484	1093	1122	963	808	2622	2223	1634	1407	82%	-5%	2636	808	Eden
Lune	3	1206	1440	566	1127	823	1893	1481	1163	1152	24%	-4%	1941	566	Lune
Derwent	4	1155	1328	1063	888	466	1770	1386	887	1454	22%	26%	1770	466	Derwent
Ribble	5	885	827	349	692	556	1442	1094	1054	1062	104%	20%	1442	293	Ribble
Usk	6	805	872	857	616	305	1115	772	748	1158	33%	44%	1269	265	Usk
Coquet	7	778	616	649	689	566	1177	1108	780	641	34%	-18%	1177	229	Coquet
Wear	8	716	533	436	535	586	1055	971	823	788	94%	10%	1055	105	Wear
Dee	9	636	359	616	493	421	1080	812	621	683	69%	7%	1080	250	Dee
Wye	10	601	592	733	357	460	788	683	519	675	12%	12%	2338	357	Wye
Teifi	11	581	584	616	507	333	1062	472	552	518	-2%	-11%	1062	133	Teifi
Tywi	12	519	420	227	390	432	795	507	642	737	135%	42%	896	147	Tywi
Kent	13	434	576	260	352	233	582	567	493	411	21%	-5%	786	233	Kent
Exe	14	323	649	187	210	146	594	269	187	340	-33%	5%	1466	146	Exe
Severn	15	314	327	273	195	333	319	430	356	280	23%	-11%	643	184	Severn
Camel	16	310	234	226	266	307	389	334	355	369	67%	19%	408	124	Camel
Ehen	17	293	443	164	395	115	344	275	274	330	-10%	13%	443	78	Ehen
Test	18	270	147	215	342	167	459	351	210	271	44%	0%	459	49	Test
Conwy	19	181	199	220	110	147	264	162	157	192	-4%	6%	428	81	Conwy
Tamar	20	179	250	114	143	114	316	131	197	169	1%	-6%	820	114	Tamar
Taw	21	176	403	126	153	112	317	103	151	45	-71%	-74%	582	45	Taw
Fowey	22	173	163	117	218	113	164	242	254	114	25%	-34%	254	64	Fowey
Itchen	23	149	168	190	189	58	150	87	121	230	-7%	54%	261	58	Itchen
Lyn	24	143	216	246	206	97	168	56	67	88	-77%	-38%	246	56	Lyn
Tawe	25	132	47	113	148	61	155	164	184	183	169%	39%	189	20	Tawe
Mawddach	26	130	127	130	121	101	206	126	118	111	-3%	-15%	304	39	Mawddach
Dyfi	27	127	134	145	49	46	160	114	207	159	71%	25%	301	46	Dyfi
Tees	28	122	105	81	93	86	208	107	135	159	77%	31%	208	1	Tees
Esk (Yorks.)	29	102	44	33	57	43	189	111	197	145	590%	42%	197	11	Esk (Yorks.)
Irt	30	98	105	30	76	42	133	131	148	119	134%	21%	157	30	Irt
Esk (Cumbrian)	31	97	114	50	80	20	74	107	104	227	211%	134%	227	19	Esk (Cumbrian)
Ogwen	32	91	101	122	68	43	114	125	52	101	-9%	11%	125	16	Ogwen
Taf	33	88	83	99	41	32	178	103	105	64	24%	-27%	178	17	Taf
Avon (Hants.)	34	84	14	43	104	109	78	132	134	54	130%	-35%	295	14	Avon (Hants.)
Teign	35	82	97	43	52	47	194	71	63	87	27%	6%	383	43	Teign
Frome	36	74	82	95	115	57	60	58	57	69	-40%	-7%	212	57	Frome
Dart	37	71	100	50	34	37	156	66	49	75	4%	6%	326	34	Dart
Neath	38	63	64	70	90	35	73	37	85	53	-15%	-16%	90	1	Neath
Clwyd	39	60	60	74	49	35	77	18	31	135	44%	125%	167	17	Clwyd
Lynher	30	58	67	38	30	28	79	74	56	90	91%	56%	147	19	Lynher
Ogmore	41	57	81	62	51	27	107	33	39	54	-34%	-5%	107	8	Ogmore
Tavy	42	56	66	55	16	14	69	85	76	68	79%	21%	190	14	Tavy
Avon (Devon)	43	52	33	11	53	35	76	31	59	116	357%	124%	116	10	Avon (Devon)
E+W.Cleddau	44	46	58	46	34	36	51	40	32	72	12%	56%	86	17	E+W.Cleddau
Torridge	45	46	71	13	28	19	89	46	44	56	38%	22%	270	13	Torridge
Seiont	46	43	39	39	9	12	99	57	50	35	68%	-18%	99	7	Seiont
Duddon	47	39	12	24	17	8	63	56	69	65	883%	66%	69	8	Duddon
Calder	48	39	67	14	61	22	51	31	47	16	-43%	-59%	96	10	Calder
Nevern	49	37	27	30	19	34	45	27	65	46	128%	26%	69	5	Nevern
Leven	50	31	17	6	7	12	61	65	51	30	518%	-4%	178	6	Leven
Rheidol	51	29	25	30	15	12	50	38	27	31	49%	9%	59	2	Rheidol
Loughor	52	21	16	13	13	8	38	29	10	39	164%	88%	39	1	Loughor
Dwyryd	53	20	6	17	33	16	42	17	22	10	14%	-51%	42	1	Dwyryd
Taff	54	19	66	18	4	0	11	15	21	14	-81%	-25%	87	0	Taff
Aln	55	17	5	1	4	55	15	19	9	26	183%	55%	55	0	Aln
Glaslyn	56	16	9	11	19	4	30	9	17	29	152%	81%	73	0	Glaslyn
Dwyfawr	57	14	18	11	8	7	31	11	14	9	-9%	-34%	67	7	Dwyfawr
Plym	58	13	19	13	19	7	3	6	26	14	-8%	5%	63	3	Plym
Ellen	59	12	22	10	16	3	29	8	2	6	-68%	-50%	31	1	Ellen
Wyre	60	10	5	11	15	3	26	4	5	8	-15%	-17%	35	2	Wyre
All rivers	n/a	17422	16742	13736	14269	11017	26107	20278	18450	18780	41%	8%	26107	11017	All rivers

Notes:

Only rivers that average 10 salmon or more since year 2000 have been included in this table.

% change = This tells us whether or not the river is improving or deteriorating as a salmon river (since 2000) and how fast the change is. 100% (more) means the catches have doubled since 2000. -50% means they have halved. These are not absolute values but are taken from a linear line of best-fit which provides a good way to judge trends.

2007 v Avg = This tells us if 2007 was a good, average or bad season for each river. How 2007 catches compare against the 8 year average.

Charts:

Egnland & Wales salmon catches

When analysed by region the following trends are shown:

Overall the English and Welsh rivers show an increasing catch trend of 41%

North East: catches increased by 66%

North West: catches increased by 48%

Wales: catches increased by 34%

Southern: catches increased by 23%

** South West: catches decreased by -8%


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