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Salmon fishing in Iceland. Top salmon rivers. Rod-catch table 2000 to 2008

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Salmon fishing in Iceland goes from strength to strength with increased catches, year on year, in most of the rivers. Most are small rivers fished by few rods yet they are prolific. Iceland shows what can be done with enlightened fishery management and environmentally sound practices.

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West Ranga 1 4,166 1,872 2,733 895 1,630 2,930 3,100 4,417 5,600 14,315 950% 244%
East Ranga 2 3,535 1,872 2,733 895 1,615 3,355 4,325 2,513 7,497 7,013 667% 98%
Thvera and Kjarra 3 2,086 1,281 1,210 1,444 1,872 1,373 4,165 2,156 2,404 2,865 155% 37%
Nordura 4 2,018 1,650 1,337 2,217 1,444 1,382 3,138 2,242 1,447 3,308 81% 64%
Langa 5 1,854 1,011 1,407 1,605 2,263 2,232 1,912 1,831 1,456 2,972 82% 60%
Sela 6 1,852 1,360 1,108 1,653 1,558 1,670 2,316 2,726 2,227 2,054 96% 11%
Hofsa 7 1,501 804 906 1,877 1,483 1,864 1,965 2,058 1,423 1,130 39% -25%
Grimsa 8 1,261 1,048 1,005 1,116 1,156 1,085 1,486 1,114 1,110 2,225 79% 77%
Laxa in Dolum 9 1,253 607 877 879 1,394 1,533 1,881 1,076 1,145 1,883 113% 50%
Laxa in Kjos 10 1,157 940 916 1,483 1,457 1,305 1,312 844 623 1,530 1% 32%
Midfjardara  11 1,136 612 433 749 577 2,228 1,561 1,198 1,132 1,731 197% 52%
Haffjardara 12 1,083 672 532 943 1,007 1,133 1,290 1,077 1,079 2,011 174% 86%
Laxa in Leirasveit 13 1,051 925 948 1,102 1,133 972 1,294 675 820 1,588 22% 51%
Blanda 14 1,044 706 1,086 833 504 1,386 1,591 1,199 1,107 986 47% -6%
Vididalsa and Fitja 15 1,000 644 581 887 588 1,745 1,732 682 728 1,413 79% 41%
Laxa in Adaldal 16 983 916 1,042 1,189 624 947 1,025 825 1,055 1,226 14% 25%
Vatnsdalsa 17 848 323 584 850 547 964 1,252 1,020 853 1,236 153% 46%
Ellidaar 18 761 592 414 478 472 645 954 900 936 1,457 251% 91%
Leirvogsa 19 610 487 434 529 558 812 744 299 379 1,250 80% 105%
Hitara 20 608 404 418 493 448 611 706 543 563 1,289 181% 112%
Hvita 21 601 425 571 560 918 509 631 554 1,238   100%  
Haukadalsa 22 593 348 577 426 640 455 710 522 640 1,022 109% 72%
Breiddalsa 23 574 171 233 325 202 700 815 937 873 910 708% 59%
Laxa a Asum 24 527 770 562 559 308 462 679 365 536 504 -26% -4%
Skjalfandafljot 25 479 379 208 472 346 932 556 675 747   160%  
Flokadalsa 26 458 380 362 473 334 523 410 437 438 768 70% 68%
Straumfjardara 27 436 198 191 342 379 475 671 502 451 718 226% 65%
Sog 28 400 317 289 370 257 307 345 669 397 650 128% 62%
Hvita in Arnessyslu 29 387 262 244 228 298 361 306 613 1,175   885%  
Svarta 30 371 170 283 260 276 398 221 303 301 1,130 477% 204%
Hafralonsa 31 354 315 303 294 237 206 365 424 481 560 112% 58%
Laugardalsa 32 330 156 257 309 324 591 390 299 229 418 51% 27%
Fnjoska 33 328 197 146 311 166 444 460 383 346 495 166% 51%
Hrutafjardara and Sika 34 324 141 126 168 164 631 514 339 431 402 240% 24%
Stora-Laxa 35 311 183 282 229 423 299 432 709 238   112%  
Tungufljot 36 294 22 25 31 21 8 42 27 74 2,400 605% 715%
Olfusa 37 283 186 118 159 204 138 324 309 825   1257%  
Svalbardsa 38 242 92 143 236 291 231 292 283 302 310 132% 28%
Budardalsa 39 225 245 335 341 300 322 114 341 31   -52%  
Alfta 40 208 132 187 228 278 299 343 195 210   41%  
Langadalsa 41 196 76 94 106 150 341 444 329 226   367%  
Ulfarsa/Korpa 42 196 223 185 215 273 244 207 206 210   -1%  
Faskrud 43 188 143 221 170 182 194 283 178 322   75%  
Flekkudalsa 44 184 108 131 229 284 227 290 217 174   51%  
Sanda 45 181 143 128 212 151 197 260 268 268   113%  
Omarsa 46 180 163 143 199 233 295 216 187 182   21%  
Myrarkvisl 47 177 49 83 258 103 357 385 306 49   116%  
Bugda 48 157 132 90 156 200 204 276 174 180   72%  
Deildara 49 155 144 122 194 93 273 177 135 257   62%  
Andakilsa 50 154 79 95 94 245 129 233 268 246   255%  
Gljufura 51 143 104 99 167 88 166 255 185 220   140%  
Laxa Refasveit 52 141 69 88 169 82 154 254 242 208   240%  
Midjardara in Bakkafj 53 135 108 98 165 152 141 195 155 198   75%  
Fljotaa 54 130 49 114 152 49 256 259 86 90 115 32% -12%
Vesturdalsa 55 128 129 124 269 175 88 102 104 158   -25%  
Brynjudalsa 56 119 136 95 109 77 171 163 152 164   60%  
Reykjadalsa 57 115 72 33 80 156 183 205 107 196   225%  
Mida and Tungua 58 114 40 80 60 159 76 258 218 134   306%  
Krossa and Skardsstrond 59 112 33 52 134 95 208 187 196 106   196%  
Dunka 60 106 169 103 162 109 106 97 169 39   -43%  
Totals N/A
40,543
25,984 28,324 31,738 31,752 42,473 51,115 42,163 47,174 63,884 93% 58%

Notes:

Only rivers that average 100 salmon or more since year 2000 have been included in this table.

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. 100% (more) means the catches have doubled since 2000 (coloured blue-green). -50% means they have halved (coloured pink). These are not absolute values but are taken from a linear line of best-fit which provides a good way to judge trends. Overall the salmon catch for the rivers tabled above has doubled from 2000 to 2008.

2008/Avg = This tells us if 2008 was a good, average or poor season for each river. The figure compares the 2008 catch against the 9 year average. Overall 2008 was a very good year with a catch 58% above the nine year average.

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Iceland salmon fishing . Table of rod catches 2000-2008

 

 

Raw data kindly supplied by Orri Vigfusson of NASF.
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