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Salmon fishing: final river gradings for the 2026 season

Alphabetical list of tables showing the final gradings for the 2026 season now in place through the currently active regulations.


River gradings: Sanda to Ythan

The Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 has full details for the area you are interested in.

There is no individual river data held for 8 districts. These remain in poor conservation status for 2026.

District

River name 

Outflow point

2026

Sanda

No individual river data held

 

No data

Scaddle

River Scaddle

NN 0233 6853

Poor

Shetland Islands

No individual river data held

 

No data

Shiel

Achateny and Fascadale - Achateny Water

NM 5185 7063

Poor

Shiel

Achateny and Fascadale - Allt Fascadale

NM 4987 7069

Poor

Shiel

River Shiel (Shielfoot)

NM 6596 7116

Poor

Sligachan, Broadford  and Portree

Broadford River

NG 6413 2362

Poor

Sligachan, Broadford  and Portree

Brogaig, Stenscholl and Kilmaluag - Kilmaluag River

NG 4387 7491

Poor

Sligachan, Broadford  and Portree

Brogaig, Stenscholl and Kilmaluag - River Brogaig

NG 4760 6848

Poor

Sligachan, Broadford  and Portree

Brogaig, Stenscholl and Kilmaluag - Stenscholl River

NG 4847 6829

Poor

Sligachan, Broadford  and Portree

Lealt River

NG 5203 6046

Poor

Sligachan, Broadford  and Portree

River Sligachan

NG 4908 3044

Poor

Sligachan, Broadford  and Portree

Varragill River

NG 4766 4122

Poor

Small Isles

No individual river data held

 

No data

Snizort

Drynoch and Eynort - Eynort River 

NG 3810 2644

Poor

Snizort

Drynoch and Eynort - River Drynoch

NG 4062 3140

Poor

Snizort

Fhionnairigh, Scavaig and Ant-Statha Mhoir - Abhainn Camas Fhionnairigh

NG 5096 1880

Poor

Snizort

Fhionnairigh, Scavaig and Ant-Statha Mhoir - Scavaig River

NG 4874 1949

Poor

Snizort

Fhionnairigh, Scavaig and Ant-Statha Mhoir - Ant-Statha Mhoir

NG 5642 2239

Poor

Snizort

Hinnisdal - River Hinnisdal

NG 3828 5755

Moderate

Snizort

Snizort and Ose - River Ose

NG 3137 4063

Moderate

Snizort

Snizort and Ose - River Snizort

NG 4137 4878

Moderate

South Esk

River South Esk SAC

NO 6753 5771

Moderate

Spey

River Spey SAC

NJ 3439 6567

Good

Stinchar

River Stinchar

NX 0810 8166

Poor

Strathy

River Strathy

NC 8346 6578

Poor

Sunart

Carnoch River

NM 8352 6071

Poor

Tay

River Earn

NO 1980 1865

Poor

Tay

River Eden

NO 4519 1919

Poor

Tay

River Tay SAC

NO 1970 1888

Good

Thurso

River Thurso SAC

ND 1176 6817

Good

Torridon

River Torridon

NG 8995 5510

Poor

Tweed

River Tweed SAC

NU 0010 5228

Good

Ugie

River Ugie

NK 1217 4739

Poor

Ullapool

Ullapool River

NH 1233 9469

Moderate

Urr

Urr Water

NX 8362 5458

Poor

Wick

Wick River

ND 3623 5089

Moderate

Ythan

River Ythan

NK 0063 2441

Poor

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