Scottish salmon and sea trout fishery statistics 2022

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland

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How to access source data

The data collected for this publication are available as:

• Salmon statistical fishery district catch (number and weight) and net effort, by method and month, from 1952 to 2022 (.csv)
• Assessment area (as used in the Conservation of Salmon Regulations) rod catch (number), by month, from 2011 to 2022 (.csv)
• Annual return of forms, all Scotland, from 1997 to 2022 (.csv)
• Customisable visualisation of the detailed, District-level, data

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