CEFAS62451239-91b5-4c69-90d7-aa86f39ba655 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2025-04-11T01:02:02 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 England and Wales salmon fisheries: provisional statistics 2024 2025-04-03 publication 2025-04-11 revision 2025-04-02 creation CEFAS22164 https://data.cefas.co.uk Provisional data from England and Wales on the status of salmon stocks and fisheries for the 2024 season, submitted to the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) for the purpose of contributing to ICES’ international stock assessments and development of annual advice to the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO). Updated data for the 2023 season are also provided as well as past records for the time series data and model run data going back as far as 1971. Some of these data are also provided to NASCO around the same time, for annual reporting purposes. These national-level provisional data are provided by the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales. More detailed information will be reported when the 2024 data have been finalised, as part of the series of annual publications, e.g. `Salmon Stocks and Fisheries in England and Wales 2023`_ and `Assessment of Salmon Stocks and Fisheries in England and Wales`_. .. _`salmon stocks and fisheries in england and wales 2023`: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f6ad7ea31f45a9c765ede8/SalmonReport-2023-summary.pdf .. _`assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries in england and wales`: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f6ae9cc71e42688b65edf8/SalmonReport-2023-background.pdf Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Environment Agency enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk owner Natural Resources Wales (NRW) enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk owner notPlanned Freshwater fisheries GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Fisheries SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Fish and shellfish catch statistics SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Unknown SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Publicly available data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ( `https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`_ ) – Please note the applicable attribution statement is as follows: ‘includes Crown copyright, Cefas 2025' .. _`https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English biota 1.73881 1.74086 52.4581 52.4595 1971 2024 Binary Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/22164 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: Binary download, CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Species Distribution – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification The annual assessment of stocks and fisheries is carried out early in each year so that data can be collated and analysed in time for the annual meeting of the ICES Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon (WGNAS), which normally meets in March, and supports the ICES Advice which is required ahead of the annual NASCO meeting in early June. The salmon catch data for the most recent year are always deemed provisional at this time. The data for nets and fixed engines are usually based on complete returns from netters and only require final validation. These data are thus typically subject to little, if any, subsequent change. Rod catch data, on the other hand, are based upon those returns received until an agreed cut-off date, usually early-February. While these data are largely complete, they are usually subject to some revision for late returns and final checking. An account of the way in which these data have been generated and compiled prior to 2025 is provided in the `Assessment of Salmon Stocks and Fisheries in England and Wales`_, and Annex 5 describes how ICES uses these national data. At WGNAS 2025, annual estimates of the total number of returns of one-sea-winter and multi-sea-winter salmon to fresh water in UK (England & Wales) since 1994 were provided directly for inclusion in the Run-Reconstruction Model. These annual return estimates were in the form of the sum and standard errors on the natural log scale, both derived from data compiled from rivers. Returns to homewaters for UK (England & Wales) over this time period are now derived by adding the annual coastal waters commercial catches to the freshwater returns. Data for prior to 1994 are generated and compiled as in previous years. These data have been compiled jointly by staff from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Salmon and Freshwater Team and fisheries personnel from the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales/Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (NRW/CNC). The monitoring and assessment of salmon stocks is funded by Defra and Welsh Government. Thanks to the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust for data relating to the River Frome. .. _`assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries in england and wales`: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f6ae9cc71e42688b65edf8/SalmonReport-2023-background.pdf MEDIN 3.1.1