Salmon & sea trout fishery statistics 2025

Key points: salmon

• The total reported rod catch of wild salmon for 2025 (28,020) is 68% of the previous five-year average and a decrease of 41% when compared to 2024 (47,618). 2025 is the lowest figure since records began in 1952.
• Catch and release accounted for 98% of the total rod catch in 2025, and 99% of the rod-caught spring multi sea-winter salmon (taken before 1 May).
• Reported spring catch in 2025 (1,629) is 70% of the previous five-year average and an decrease of 38% when compared to 2024 (2,625).
• The total number of salmon reported as being of farmed origin in 2025 (480) represents 1.6% of the total catch (by all methods).