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 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

3.1.2.2 South Cumbria/North

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

4.2 River Kent

4.3 River Leven

4.4 River Duddon

4.5 Catchment

4.6

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 () 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 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 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.

** 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.

35 5.3 South Cumbria and North Lancashire

1983 1984 1985

River Salmon Sea Trout Salmon Sea Trout Salmon Sea Trout

Duddon 40 151 118 276 62 196

Crake 86 120 134 171 153 306

Leven & tribs 73 236 105 242 21 258

Eea 3 124 - 307 11 338

Winster 8 141 - 240 18 241

Gilpin 2 299 4 353 21 488

Kent & tribs. 147 972 475 695 493 1067

Bela 31 25 54 67 20 63

Keer 9 561 7 501 10 623

Lune 90 165 348 - 296 113

Rawthey 5 313 69 65 13 48

Dee 17 113 71 105 14 58

Greta 25 75 24 46 49 46

Wenning 60 380 63 332 35 242

Other Lune 7 569 64 403 10 714 tribs.

Note

High river levels for much of the spawning season resulted in incomplete counts on many rivers in 1983, in particular on the Lune and Leven.

36 5.4 Lancashire

1983 1984 1985

River Salmon Sea Trout Salmon Sea Trout Salmon Sea Trout

Ribble 87 244 299 253 63 142

Hodder 67 No count 372 No count 109 102

Wyre 19 44 53 82 119 150

Note

High river levels in December 1983 made counting of salmon redds incomplete, although low flows in November enabled a good count of sea trout redds to be made.

In 1985 the counts of both salmon and sea trout were incomplete in the Ribble and Hodder because of high river levels.

"37 ~ 6. FISH MORTALITIES

6.1 SiRnificant Fish Kills Reported

6.1.1 Northern Area

Date Location No. Species Cause

19/2/85 Morland Beck 3,700 Brown Trout Farm Slurry (R. Eden Trib.) Salmon parr

27/2/85 Nor Beck 50 Brown Trout Alk line (R. Ehen system) Eels discharge.

11/5/85 R. Kent 40 Salmonid fry Not 450 Minor species determined.

11/6/85 Dub Beck 3200 Sea trout Silage (Ehen System) (Juveniles) liquor.

16/6/85 Chalk Beck 30 Brown Trout Farm Slurry (Caldew Trib)

28/6/85 Jenkin Beck 20 Brown Trout Not (R. Greta Trib. Few Bullhead determined. Lune System).

3/7/85 Little Beck 50 Brown Trout Deoxygena- (Eden Trib.) tion.

6/7/85 R. Winster 27 Brown Trout Silage liquor

9/8/85 Mawbray Beck 30 Sea Trout Not (Allonby) determined.

17/10/85 Murton Beck 1250 Brown Trout Not (Eden Trib.) determined.

1/11/85 Farleton Beck 236 Brown Trout Disinfectant spillage. (Accident on M6).

38 - 6.1.2 Southern Area

Date Location No. Species Cause

9/1/85 40 Brown Trout Lime 1000 + Bull head spillage at water treat­ ment works.

18/1/85 R. Goyt 100 Grayling Not determined approx.

19/1/85 R. Irwell, 1000 Brown Trout Not determined Approx.

24/1/85 Grange Pool,, 340 Carp Deoxygenation Handforth 150 Bream during ice 12 Roach cover suspected

21/3/85 R. Brock 1200 (Brown Trout Farm slurry (Bullheads

23/4/85 Waterside Brook 6 Brown Trout Chemical Nr. . 700 Minnows spillage from paperworks

7/5/85 Hesthorne Brook 30 (Trout Storm sewer (Stoneloach overflow.

14/5/85 Moss Side Pool, 41 Perch Spawning Maghull mortality.

15/5/85 Canal, 2000 (Roach Discharge of Littleborough (Tench ammonia from (Perch chemical works (Bream (Pike 25-26/5/85 Shropshire Union 1000 + Roach Deoxygenation Canal, Stanthorne 1000 + Gudgeon Few Perch.

28/5/85 Crompton Lodge, 300 Perch Perch disease. .

29/5/85 Stone Pit Lodge 200 Roach Bacterial and 400 Perch fungal 40 Gudgeon infections. i/6/85 Clowbridge 125 Perch Perch disease Reservoir

J/6/85 Strawberry Fields 205 Roach Not determined Lodge, . 70 Rudd but many fish 49 Bream with fungal infections.

39 6.1.2 (Continued)

Date Location No. Species Cause

6/6/85 Leeds-Liverpool 2000 Roach Inflow of poor Canal, . 100 Perch quality water 200 Gudgeon from R. Douglas suspected. 12/6/85 , 40 Roach Not determined Smithy Bridge 1 Perch

13/6/85 Shropshire Union 300 Roach Silage liquor Canal, Adderley 44 Bream Locks 17 Gudgeon

19/6/85 Jacobs A.C. 500 Roach Bacterial and Reservoir, Aintree fungal infections associated with Argulus infest­ ation. 22/6/85 Holden Fold Lodge, 1120 Roach Bacterial and fungal infect­ ions.

24/6/85 Church Farm Pool, 150 Rainbow Silage Liquor Warmingham Trout

24/6/85 Ash Brook, 2000 Mixed coarse Silage effluent Darnhall Mill fish

29/6/85 Clegg Hall Lodge, 200 Brown Trout Deoxygenation Littleborough suspected.

1/7/85 Swales No. 1 Lodge, 111 Roach Post-spawning Dunscar mortality.

2/7/85 R. Calder 300 Mixed Not determined ( A.C.) coarse fish.

3/7/85 Shrigley Brook, 31 Brown Trout Silage effluent Poynton

5/7/85 R. Tame, Delph 125 Brown Trout Cooling water discharge from mill.

Ll/7/85 R. . 200 Roach Not determined Houghton Bottoms 2 Pike

_ 40 _ 6.1.2 (Continued)

Date Location No. Species Cause

12/7/85 Arden Road Pond, 25 Carp High ammonia Bredbury 50 Roach levels 70 Perch 5 Tench

15/7/85 Stone Pit 850 Roach Bacterial Reservoir. Hyde. infection association with Argulus 18/7/85 Ramshore Mill 100 Roach High suspended Lodge, Norden solids during lodge refilling

26/7/85 Rode Heath Pool 150 Roach Farm effluent 50 Perch (silage) 10 Crucian carp 27/7/85 R. Ribble at 10 Sea Trout Storm Water

28/7/85 Thorneycroft Pool, 200 Roach Farm effluent Henbury 200 Perch 10 Bream Thousands Coarse Fish Fry 6/8/85 Tatton Mere 100 Roach Not determined Knutsford.

19/8/85 Leeds-Liverpool 1260 Roach Deoxygenation Canal, Blackburn.

19/8/85 Brook Farm Pool, 200 Rainbow Trout Not determined. Pickmere.

16/9/85 , 684 Brown Trout Discharge from Cant Clough to 70 Rainbow Trout water treatment Salterford. works.

17/9/85 Springwood Pool 200 Bream Silage effluent Mobberley 5 Carp 2 Perch 1 Pike 25/9/85 Dickens Street 33,700 Roach Waste water Lodge, Blackburn. 6,900 Gudgeon from hospital 79 Tench laundry (deter­ gent and soap)

- 41 - 6.1.2 (Continued)

, Date Location No. Species Cause

27/9/85 Leeds - Liverpool 420 Roach Deoxygenation Canal, Blackburn

1/10/85 R. Calder, 26,180 Mixed Discharge of Martholme to Coarse fish phenols from Calder Foot chemical works. 2/10/85 Shropshire Union 720 Roach Toxic Chemicals Canal, 720 Bream discharged to Ellesmere Port. 20 Tench canal as a 4 Grucian Carp result of 2 Pike vandalism. 400 Eels 3/10/85 R. Dane at 502 Brown Trout Caustic soda Hug Bridge 300 Bullheads spillage at 300 Stone loach water treatment 100 Gudgeon works. 20 Lampreys 30 Dace 20/10/85 15,000 Mixed coarse Discharge of fish detergent.

24/10/85 R. Ogden, 500 Brown Trout Discharge of 24 Stone Loach caustic liquor

17/11/85 Sands Lake, 109 Roach Not determined. Ainsdale.

3/12/85 1000 Roach Vandalism of Park 10 Bream locks resulting 4 Gudgeon in partial de- 15 Perch watering and refill with poor quality water from R. Irwell. 7/12/85 Shore Mills Lodge, 4000 Roach Not determined Littleborough 100 Bream

15/12/85 Catlow Beck, 2108 (Brown Trout Farm Slurry u/s Walverden (Bullhead (Stone loach

_ 42 _ 6.2 Total Numbers of Diseased Fish Removed during 1985

- 43 - 7. DETAILS OF FISHERIES PROSECUTIONS 1985/86

- 44 - 7. DETAILS OF FISHERIES PROSECUTIONS 1985/86 7. DETAILS OF FISHERIES PROSECUTIONS 1985/86

46 8. NUMBERS OF ROD AND COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENCES ISSUED 1985

8.1 Rod and Line

_ 47 - 8.2 Instruments Other Than Rod and Line

North Cumbria.

No. Duty Amount £ £ Whole area - Haaf nets 226 33.00 7,458.00

River Ellen - Haaf nets 1 31.50 31.50

R. Eden District - Drift Nets. 1 381.00 381.00

R. Eden District - Coops 2 149.00 298.00

South West Cumbria - Garth 1 165.00 165.00

Public waters within jursidiction - Drift nets. 4 159.00 636.00

Totals 235 8,969.50

Lancashire.South Cumbria

Ribble Estuary - Drift or Hang Nets 6 102.00 612.00

Lune Estuary - Drift or Hang Nets 10 169.00 1,690.00

- Draw or Seine Nets 1 147.00 147.00

- Heave or Haaf Nets 26 65.00 1,690.00

Duddon Estuary - Draw or Seine Nets 3 140.00 420.00

Kent Estuary - Lave nets 8 76.50 612.00

Leven Estuary - Lave nets 6 63.00 378.00

Totals 60 5,549.00

Eel Fishing Licences - Whole Area

No. of No of Nets Amount Licences or Traps £

Fyke Nets 21 372 279.00

Traps/Putcheons/Baskets 8 275 83.60

- 48 - 8.3 Numbers of Persons Engaged in Commercial Salmon and Trout Fishing

Type of Net, Etc

Heave Drift Draw Lave Fixed Engine

North Cumbria

Licence Holders 227 4 1 - 3

Endorsees - 8 2 - 6

Lancashire/South Cumbria

Licence Holders 26 16 4 14

Endorsees 39 19

8.4 General Licences

Number issued = 9 Total value = £2104

8.5 Temporary Licences (Rod and Line, Freshwater Fish)

Number issued = 181 Total value = £1087

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