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The top salmon rivers in Ireland. Table of rod catches 2000 to 2007

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SalmonAtlasEditor 09/06/2009 15:43:00

The top salmon rivers in Ireland. Table of rod catches 2000 to 2007

Here are the 21st century salmon rod catches from the rivers of the Republic of Ireland. The trend is generally steady over the period but with the drift net closures we expect great improvement from 2008 and beyond! The rivers are ranked on the basis of their average catch from 2001 onwards. Click on the headers of the table below to re-order the figures to make your own judgments.

River	Rank	Region	Avg 7yr	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Trend	2007 v avg	Max	Min
Moy	1	North Western	7,419	7,285	10,524	6,908	8,120	6,675	6,465	5,956	-30%	-20%	10,524	5,956
Blackwater (Munster)	2	Southern	2,520	2,281	3,250	1,750	2,465	1,743	2,088	4,060	29%	61%	4,060	1,743
Ballysadare	3	North Western	1,272	1,585	1,453	1,014	1,467	1,247	1,201	938	-31%	-26%	1,585	938
Corrib	4	Western	969	1,142	748	869	942	900	1,202	983	11%	1%	1,202	748
Nore	5	Southern	816	301	1,024	526	777	593	463	2,029	237%	149%	2,029	301
Feale	6	Shannon	802	289	581	287	1,044	947	482	1,986	574%	148%	1,986	287
Laune	7	South Western	800	634	665	484	684	638	869	1,626	180%	103%	1,626	484
Suir	8	Southern	756	304	585	433	975	954	409	1,634	287%	116%	1,634	304
Owenmore	9	North Western	733	561	1,021	607	634	542	704	1,059	26%	45%	1,059	542
Lee (Cork)	10	South Western	727	1,045	542	589	528	492	526	1,364	28%	88%	1,364	492
Drowes	11	Northern	601	520	488	477	561	714	612	834	68%	39%	834	477
Boyne	12	Eastern	562	476	542	597	665	749	345	Closed	1%	N/A	749	345
Bandon	13	South Western	491	438	288	556	627	440	444	644	43%	31%	644	288
Slaney	14	Eastern	401	391	366	443	451	303	452	Closed	5%	N/A	452	303
Owenea	15	Northern	371	578	365	267	362	340	334	349	-33%	-6%	578	267
Bundorragha (Delphi)	16	Western	363	716	225	387	260	162	466	328	-42%	-10%	716	162
Easky	17	North Western	358	445	406	262	348	300	272	473	-8%	32%	473	262
Shannon/Mulkear	18	Shannon	356	306	489	335	319	298	83	659	14%	85%	659	83
Eriff	19	Western	287	506	400	247	221	166	244	222	-64%	-23%	506	166
Eany water	20	Northern	282	271	341	268	157	302	346	290	8%	3%	346	157
Duff	21	Northern	271	396	267	228	212	230	271	295	-21%	9%	396	212
Barrow	22	Southern	263	303	459	280	193	189	152	Closed	-62%	N/A	459	152
Owenduff (Glenamong)	23	North Western	260	159	325	271	253	238	289	286	26%	10%	325	159
Cummeragh /Currane/ Waterville	24	South Western	242	344	234	235	204	170	247	257	-23%	6%	344	170
Crana	25	Northern	190	221	197	85	151	202	131	346	51%	82%	346	85
Roughty	26	South Western	185	182	174	115	252	189	163	218	20%	18%	252	115
Caragh	27	South Western	166	131	217	136	118	125	173	264	48%	59%	264	118
Gweebarra	28	Northern	129	98	217	90	149	88	117	145	-10%	12%	217	88
Glen (N)	29	Northern	125	155	132	111	88	95	91	200	7%	61%	200	88
Clady	30	Northern	120	261	156	113	99	70	116	24	-85%	-80%	261	24
Garvogue	31	North Western	114	174	78	105	97	116	114	Closed	-22%	N/A	174	78
Ilen	32	South Western	102	120	96	91	104	71	81	149	8%	46%	149	71
Blackwater (Kerry)	33	South Western	97	286	62	53	66	94	56	65	-82%	-33%	286	53
Owenglin (Clifden)	34	Western	85	42	93	78	50	91	83	158	151%	86%	158	42
Maine	35	South Western	83	304	50	17	53	25	51	Closed	-106%	N/A	304	17
Leannan	36	Northern	83	54	61	71	113	53	145	Closed	138%	N/A	145	53
Fane	37	Eastern	80	55	80	30	126	73	14	184	132%	129%	184	14
Sneem	38	South Western	79	241	88	41	32	25	21	103	-87%	31%	241	21
Ray	39	Northern	74	184	141	16	43	17	43	Closed	-101%	N/A	184	16
Dawros	40	Western	73	74	84	46	68	49	56	135	47%	85%	135	46
Drumcliff	41	North Western	65	69	58	59	69	54	52	94	21%	45%	94	52
Newport r. (L.beltra)	42	North Western	64	49	99	69	86	43	60	42	-35%	-34%	99	42
Tullaghobegly	43	Northern	61	78	69	36	103	47	39	55	-34%	-10%	103	36
Dee	44	Eastern	52	46	92	40	55	57	23	Closed	-44%	N/A	92	23
Lackagh	45	Northern	48	15	54	43	71	61	46	Closed	86%	N/A	71	15
Burrishoole/ Strahmore/ Lough Furnace	46	Northern	48	36	15	20	64	22	51	130	752%	169%	130	15
Screebe	47	Western	48	18	31	23	26	15	88	133	12055%	179%	133	15
Bunowen (Clew Bay)	48	Western	48	103	67	37	50	36	16	24	-87%	-50%	103	16
Ballynahinch	49	Western	45	39	38	28	66	8	34	99	115%	122%	99	8
Glyde	50	Eastern	43	15	43	63	36	70	33	Closed	62%	N/A	70	15
Coomhola	51	South Western	41	61	70	24	50	20	16	45	-59%	10%	70	16
Glenamoy	52	North Western	39	25	42	22	29	59	56	43	96%	9%	59	22
Gweedore	53	Northern	33	20	64	23	38	27	26	Closed	-25%	N/A	64	20
Cashla/Fermoyle	54	Western	25	32	24	15	22	19	15	49	37%	95%	49	15
All Rivers	n/a		24,063	24,412	28,192	19,982	24,783	21,207	20,935	28,928	0%	20%	28,928	19,982

Notes:

Only rivers that average 25 salmon or more since year 2001 have been included in this table.

Several rivers were closed for rod & line fishing in 2007.

Trend = This tells us whether or not the river is improving or deteriorating as a salmon river (since 2000) and how fast the change is. 50% (more) means the catches have increased by half as much again since 2000 e.g. 100 to 150 (coloured blue-green). -50% means they have halved (coloured red). 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 poor season for each river. The figure compares the 2007 catch against the 7 year average.

Trend: The rod & line catches for the whole country show a steady trend for the period 2001 to 2007. We expect this to rise appreciably in the coming years following the commercial netting ban.

Hover mouse over the rivers, lakes or towns to see their names. Click on them for more information and detailed maps.

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