Fish Counter Report 2023- Significant decline noted in grilse and late summer salmon

Posted on August 13, 2024 Categories: Angling Tourism, Atlantic Salmon, Catch Advice, Green Revolution, Policy Salmon Watch, Sea Trout Comments are off for this post

There would appear to be a significant downturn in 1SW salmon in 2023. This is very much in line with angling and commercial catches in 2023 and is in line with majority of countries in NE Atlantic which saw a substantial decline across all regions. The indicators would suggest that this year has seen a significant upturn on last years grilse run but spring salmon in 2024 is suggestive of poor survival of the same smolt cohort which supplied last years grilse. As this downturn is widespread it suggests a large downturn of conditions at sea.

The report can be read here: IFI Fish Counter 2023

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