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The top sea trout rivers in England. Table of rod catches 2000 to 2007

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SalmonAtlasEditor 23/06/2009 08:42:00
image The top sea trout rivers in England. Table of rod catches 2000 to 2007

Fish&Fly takes a close look at the 21st century Sea Trout rod catches from rivers in England. The signs are generally negative with alarming downward trends.

 

River
Rank
Avg 8yr
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Trend (%)
2007
v avg
Tyne
1
 1,838 1,498 2,131 2,371 1,585 2,095 1,724 1,636 1,660 -11.83% -6%
Lune
2
 1,787 2,833 1,426 2,549 2,268 1,760 1,380 962 1,120 -59.87% -43%
Wear
3
 1,577 1,331 1,165 2,374 1,448 2,143 1,497 1,298 1,356 -5.63% -3%
Ribble
4
 1,165 1,511 499 1,553 1,296 1,294 1,313 683 1,174 -14.34% -8%
Esk (Border)
5
 1,133 2,174 1,122 1,107 1,260 749 1,138 581 933 -60.56% -43%
Fowey
6
 972 951 1180 1,037 1,056 844 1,184 772 752 -24.15% -14%
Camel
7
 886 544 877 1,031 1,498 1,112 1,022 563 441 -22.56% -13%
Avon (Hants.)
8
 869 645 2354 766 1,412 456 927 237 152 -82.07% -70%
Ehen
9
 626 854 49 1,131 1,113 466 688 516 193 -44.23% -28%
Dart
10
 603 651 782 712 718 574 599 453 334 -46.21% -30%
Teign
11
 593 589 591 798 599 616 581 440 530 -22.48% -13%
Itchen
12
 523 481 1067 866 676 411 147 324 213 -77.92% -64%
Esk (Yorks)
13
 491 564 276 519 479 489 376 552 672 34.12% 15%
Eden
14
 487 703 330 370 881 427 705 238 241 -42.39% -27%
Torridge
15
 430 239 175 822 596 389 562 208 451 13.70% 6%
Kent
16
 415 527 214 403 426 431 570 294 456 8.56% 4%
Coquet
17
 391 636 418 457 148 557 330 325 254 -49.83% -33%
Tamar
18
 384 423 289 524 515 537 315 215 252 -38.17% -24%
Derwent
19
 382 978 405 321 250 384 294 214 212 -81.15% -68%
Avon (Devon)
20
 329 237 229 395 661 435 168 417 93 -21.96% -12%
Axe
21
 318 261 535 420 287 204 254 288 295 -34.27% -21%
Taw
22
 276 506 426 335 321 249 181 82 106 -86.60% -76%
Test
23
 202 147 280 260 357 216 114 115 124 -48.88% -32%
Lynher
24
 188 281 166 138 277 142 207 150 139 -36.42% -22%
Frome
25
 169 111 206 207 241 211 153 101 118 -28.35% -17%
Esk (Cumbrian)
26
 140 203 93 189 88 112 140 93 199 -8.62% -5%
Looe
27
 121 99 188 97 146 123 162 88 68 -31.52% -19%
Irt
28
 116 195 20 209 95 110 125 29 142 -33.73% -20%
Duddon
29
 112 60 128 38 54 143 181 132 159 169.33% 46%
Plym
30
 99 131 156 112 77 60 103 82 74 -50.84% -34%
Aln
31
 98 60 69 108 182 65 74 87 139 43.98% 18%
Ellen
32
 88 78 56 132 41 129 69 42 155 42.35% 17%
Otter
33
 87 117 74 165 118 53 63 53 49 -62.88% -46%
Sussex Ouse
34
 85 78 146 161 101 76 27 41 51 -71.67% -56%
Yealm
35
 80 118 67 82 152 71 52 66 28 -59.40% -42%
Leven
36
 76 104 54 116 70 69 30 32 132 -17.35% -10%
Tees
37
 75 88 39 62 61 143 108 51 50 1.56% 1%
Erme
38
 50 37 53 50 48 26 68 53 64 45.29%

18%
All Rivers
n/a  
37,760
40,903
39,858
49,053
44,563
35,496
39,590
23,628
28,987
 -37.36% -23%

 

Notes:

Only rivers that average 50 Sea Trout 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 Sea Trout 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 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 8 year average.

Raw data kindly supplied by the Environment Agency

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