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Summary of Fisheries Statistics 1985 DIRECTORATE OF PLANNING & ENGINEERING. SUMMARY OF FISHERIES STATISTICS 1985. ISSN 0144-9141 SUMMARY OF FISHERIES STATISTICS, 1985 CONTENTS 1. Catch Statistics 1.1 Rod and line catches (from licence returns) 1.1.1 Salmon 1.1.2 Migratory Trout 1.2 Commercial catches 1.2.1 Salmon 1.2.2 Migratory Trout 2. Fish Culture and Hatchery Operations 2.1 Brood fish collection 2.2 Hatchery operations and salmon and sea trout stocking 2.2.1 Holmwrangle Hatchery 2.2.1.1 Numbers of ova laid down 2.2.1.2 Salmon and sea trout planting 2.2.2 Middleton Hatchery 2.2.2.1 Numbers of ova laid down 2.2.2.2 Salmon, and sea trout planting 2.2.3 Langcliffe Hatchery 2.2.3.1 Numbers of ova laid down 2.2.3.2 Salmon and sea trout planting - 1 - 3. Restocking with Trout and Freshwater Fish 3.1 Non-migratory trout 3.1.1 Stocking by Angling Associations etc., and Fish Farms 3.1.2 Stocking by NWWA 3.1.2.1 North Cumbria 3.1.2.2 South Cumbria/North Lancashire 3.1.2.3 South Lancashire 3.1.2.4 Mersey and Weaver 3.2 Freshwater Fish 3.2.1 Stocking by Angling Associations, etc 3.2.2 Fish transfers carried out by N.W.W.A. 3.2.2.1 Northern Area 3.2.2.2 Southern Area - South Lancashire 3.2.2.3 Southern Area - Mersey and Weaver 4. Fish Movement Recorded at Authority Fish Counters 4.1 River Lune 4.2 River Kent 4.3 River Leven 4.4 River Duddon 4.5 River Ribble Catchment 4.6 River Wyre 4.7 River Derwent 5. Counts of Salmon and Sea Trout Spawning Redds 5.1 North Cumbria 5.2 West and South Cumbria 5.3 South Cumbria and North Lancashire 5.4 Lancashire - 2 - 6. Pish Mortalities 6.1 Significant fish kills reported during year 6.1.1 Northern Area 6.1.2 Southern Area 6.2 Numbers of diseased fish removed during year 7. Details of Fisheries Prosecutions 8. Numbers of Rod and Commercial Fishing Licences issued 8.1 Rod and line 8.2 Instruments other than rod and line 8.3 Number of persons engaged in commercial salmon and trout fishing 8.4 General licences 8.5 Temporary licences - 3 - CATCH STATISTICS 1.1 Rod and Line - Information from Anglers' returns 1.1.1 Salmon Rod Catches by River and Month 1985 1.1.1 Salmon Rod Catches, Historical Data - 5 - 1.1.2 Migratory Trout Rod Catches by River and Month - 1985 RIVER Border Esk (England) Eden Derwent Cocker Ellen Ehen Calder Irt_ Esk Duddon Leven Crake Kent Lune Others, Northern Area Ribble Hodder Wyre TOTALS 1.1.2 Migratory Trout Rod Catches - Historical Data 7 1.2 Commercial Catches by Nets and Fixed Engines 1.2.1 Commercial Salmon Catches by River/District and Month - 1985 1,2.1 Commercial Salmon Catches - Historical Data *N.B. River Ellen Haaf Nets included from 1981 1.2.2 Commercial Catches of Migratory Trout by Nets and Fixed Engines 1985 10 1.2.2 Conunercial Catches of Migratory Trout - Historical Data - 11 - 2. FISH CULTURE AND HATCHERY OPERATIONS 2.1 Brood fish collection _12 _ 2.2 Hatchery operations and Salmon and Sea Trout StockinR 2.2.1 Holmwransle Hatchery 2.2.1.1 Numbers of ova laid down 1985-86 Species No. of ova Source Salmon 210,000 Eden Salmon 253,000 Derwent Salmon 220,000 Cockermouth Hatchery (Ex-Derwent) Salmon 110,000 (Wester Ross) Sea Trout 80,000 Derwent Sea Trout 10,000 Cockermouth Hatchery Sea Trout 40,000 Northumbrian W.A. Brown Trout 101,000 Holmwrangle Brood Stock - 13 - 2.2.1.2 Salmon and Sea Trout Planting ex-Holmwrangle 1985 River Fed Fry Smolts Salmon Sea Trout Salmon Eden system 140,000 - 6,850 Irthing - 20,000 2,500 Derwent 150,000 30,000 Cocker 51,000 35,000 4,000 Marron 2,000 - 4,000 ~ 14"' 2.2.2 Middleton Hatchery 2.2.2.1 Numbers of ova laid down. 1985-86 Species No. of ova Source Salmon 1,003,000 R. Lune Salmon 14,000 South Cumbria Rivers Sea Trout 17,000 R. Lune Sea Trout 142,400 South Cumbria Rivers 2.2.2.2 Salmon and Sea Trout Planting ex-Middleton, 1985 RIVER Salmon Sea Trout Salmon Sea Trout Crake - 20,500 - 21,500 Kent - - - 23,700 Keer - - - 21,000 Lune - - 12,000 - Greta - - 40,000 - Venning - - 40,300 - Other Lune Tribs. 308,000 — 376,000 — -15 - LanRcliffe Hatchery 2.2.3.1 Numbers of ova laid down, 1985-86 Species No. of ova Source Salmon 84,000 R. Ribble Salmon 58,500 R. Hodder Salmon 10,000 R. Wyre Sea Trout 60,500 R. Ribble 2.2.3.2 Salmon and Sea Trout Planting ex Langcliffe, 1985. River Eyed ova Unfed Fry Salmon Sea Trout Salmon Sea Trout Ribble 30,000 - Hodder 16,000 - Wyre 14,000 - 6,000* 2,500* Incubated in Kashmir boxes held in overflow channel at Street Lakes, Scorton. - 16 - 3. RESTOCKING WITH TROUT AND FRESHWATER FISH 3.1 Non-Migratory Trout 3.1.1 Stocking by Angling Associations, etc. and Fish Farms. Area No. of Section 30 Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of North Cumbria South Cumbria/ North Lancs South Lancashire Mersey & Weaver - 17 3.1.2 Non-migratory trout stocking carried out by NWWA 3.1.2.1 North Cumbria Date Stocking Location Brown Trout Number Size 7/1/85 R. Caldew & tribs 1/3/85 Knott End, Birkby (Sale) 4/3/85 Rivers Irthing & Gelt (Sale to Brampton A.A.) 7/3/85 R, Ehen (Sale to Egremont & Dist. A.A.) 18/5/85 R. Eden (Sale to Carlisle A.A.) 21/6/85 R. Derwent (Upper reaches) 9/7/85 Cumbrian Esk 15/7/85 R. Liddle (Sale) 29-31/8/85 R. Eden tributaries 11/11/85 Castle Carrock Reservoir -18 - 3.1.2.2 South Cumbria/North Lancashire Date Stocking Location 19.3.85 Clapham Beck Austwick Beck Fen Beck Kettles Beck R. Wenning 3.85* R. Rothay R. Winster R. Kent R. Lune 4.7.85 R. Lune (Halton) 16.7.85* R. Leven R. Gowan * Fish supplied by Freshwater Biological Association hatchery Ferry House and distributed by North West Water Authority. 3.1.2.3 South Lancashire 19' 3.1.2.4 Mersey and Weaver Date Stocking Location Rainbow Trout Number Size Mar-Sept Upper Rivington Reservoir 5,800 12"+ Mar-Sept Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir 2,700 12"+ Mar-Sept Valehouse Reservoir 3,100 12"+ Mar-Sept Walkerwood Reservoir 1,995 12"+ Mar-Sept Entwistle Reservoir 4,875 12"+ Mar-Sept Wayoh Reservoir 5,240 12"+ Mar-Sept Dingle Reservoir 2,145 12"+ Mar-Sept Heaton Reservoir 1,845 12"+ Note Stocking of each reservoir was carried out at approximately fortnightly intervals. 20 3.2 Freshwater Fish 3.2.1 Stocking by Angling Associations, etc. Area No.of S.30 Numbers stocked of each species Consents Issued Roach Rudd Bream Chub Dace Carp Crucian Tench Gudgeon Perch Pike Eels Bitter- Grass Mixed Carp ling Carp N. Cumbria 2 _____20--- ____ _ 15,000 S. Cumbria/ 12 1,000 - - 2,100 975 200 - - - - N. Lanes South 16 9,250 - 4,400 82 876 252 100 751 24 - Lancashire ' Mersey & 136 79,975 18,156 26,947 1,846 80 10,403 10,219 5,482 10,230 57,109 139 70 1,329 50 20 Weaver - 21 - 3.2.2 Fish Transfers Carried out by NWWA on behalf of Angling Associations 3.2.2.1. Northern Area - South Cumbria/North Lancashire - 22 - 3.2.2.3. Southern Area - Mersey and Weaver ~ 23 3.2.2.3. Southern Area - Mersey and Weaver (cont'd) - 24 3.2.2.3. Southern Area - Mersey and Weaver (cont'd) -25 3.2.2.3. Southern Area - Mersey and Weaver (cont'd) - 26 - 3.2.2.3. Southern Area - Mersey and Weaver (cont'd) -27 4. FISH MOVEMENT RECORDED AT AUTHORITY FISH COUNTERS - \°&S" 4.1 River Lune Forge Weir counter: prolonged periods of breakdown in 1985 due mainly to failures in the power supply. The figures obtained are therefore well below the true figures and interpretation should therefore, be cautious. A new supply cable is currently being laid. ** Skerton Weir counter monitors movement of fish at low flows only; the count is ••. incomplete. -28 - 4.2 RIVER KENT Basinghyll Counter, Sedgwick This counter was destroyed by a flood on 21st December 1985 and plans are in hand to re-build it at a different location. - 29 - 4.3 RIVER LEVEN Haverthwaite Counter (Eels dam) - 30 - 4.4 RIVER DUDDON Duddon Hall Counter 31 - MONTHLY TOTAL 4.5 RIVER RIBBLE CATCHMENT - 32 4.6 RIVER WYRE Garstang Counter 4.7 RIVER DERWENT Yearl Counter. Because of various operational problems, no reliable data from this counter are available for 1985. 33 5. COUNTS OP SALMON AND SEA TROUT SPAWNING REDDS 5.1 North Cumbria Note In all these years, high and turbid river conditions during the autumn made redd counting difficult or impossible, and the figures given above are undoubtedly incomplete. - 34 - 5.2 West and South Cumbria Note High river levels for much of the spawning season resulted in incomplete counts on many rivers in 1983, and it is thought that many more fish spawned in the Rivers Cocker and Derwent than the bailiffs were able to record. During 1984 the intermixture of small salmon and large sea trout on the redds in the River Ehen made differentiation impossible.
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