Tweed Salmon catch statistics

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The Tweed is the Number 1 salmon river in the UK.

Tweed Salmon Catches 2000 to 2009
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Average
9,713	9,455	10,403	13,522	14,958	13,291	13,795	15,799	12,889	10,430	12,426

Catch statistics for all Scottish salmon rivers


Earlier in the year we predicted the following for 2009:

With the 2009 season over and the returns currently being ‘officially’ counted the SalmonAtlas predicts that Tweed Commissioners will report a salmon catch of around 10,000. This salmon rod catch will be around 29% down on the previous five year average. The charts below are derived from data published by FishPal's excellent Tweed website (fishtweed.co.uk) whose reporting Tweed beats account for approximately 77.5% of Tweed’s annual reported salmon catch. The charts show that many beats of lower and middle Tweed have had a ‘difficult’ year in 2009. Even the famous Junction beat is down 40% compared to the previous five years.

Bottom Tweed (Tweedhill to Milne Graden). * Note - bottom Tweed beats are greatly affected by water levels (Low water suits them well!)




Lower Tweed (Tillmouth to Junction).




Middle Tweed (Lower Floors to Boleside).




Upper Tweed (Sunderland Hall to Dawyck).




All Tweed




*Note: All charts and interpretations by the SalmonAtlas team.

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Tweed salmon catches 2000 to 2009