The column headers are:
Stock assessment area
Description: stock assessment area identifier
Unit:
Type: categorical
Levels: 173
Note: Stock Assessment Areas are individual rivers draining to the coast, except for those areas where fishery catch cannot be assigned to individual rivers. In such cases, rivers are combined to form geographically-coherent groups of rivers. See resource "Salmon and Sea Trout Assessment areas and corresponding District and Region"
Year
Description: year of season fish were reported caught
Unit:
Type: discrete
Levels: 2011 to 2025
Note: Sea trout and finnock catch is not held by Stock Assessment Area for seasons 2011 to 2016. Salmon rod effort information is published from 2023 onwards.
Month
Description: month fish were reported to have been caught
Unit:
Type: discrete
Range: January to November
Note:
Month Number
Description: number of month that fish were reported caught
Unit:
Type: discrete
Range: 1 to 11
Note:
Released wild MSW
Description: number of wild multi sea-winter salmon reported as caught by rod and subsequently released
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: 0 to 3212
Note:
Retained wild MSW
Description: number of wild multi sea-winter salmon reported as caught by rod and not returned to the water
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: 0 to 1386
Note:
Released wild 1SW
Description: number of wild one sea-winter salmon (grilse) reported as caught by rod and subsequently released
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: 0 to 1138
Note:
Retained wild 1SW
Description: number of wild one sea-winter salmon (grilse) reported as caught by rod and not returned to the water
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: 0 to 456
Note:
Released sea trout
Description: number of adult sea trout reported as caught by rod and subsequently released
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: blank, 0 to 642
Note: Finnock (may also be known as whitling or herling) are not included in the sea trout figures. Cells are blank for seasons 2011 to 2016 because sea trout by stock assessment area is not available for these seasons.
Retained sea trout
Description: number of adult sea trout reported as caught by rod and not returned to the water
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: blank, 0 to 423
Note: Finnock (may also be known as whitling or herling) are not included in the sea trout figures. Cells are blank for seasons 2011 to 2016 because sea trout by stock assessment area is not available for these seasons.
Released finnock
Description: number of finnock reported as caught by rod and subsequently released
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: blank, 0 to 447
Note: Finnock (may also be known as whitling or herling) are not included in the sea trout figures. Cells are blank for seasons 2011 to 2016 because finnock by stock assessment area is not available for these seasons.
Retained finnock
Description: number of finnock reported as caught by rod and not returned to the water
Unit:
Type: continuous
Range: blank, 0 to 196
Note: Finnock (may also be known as whitling or herling) are not included in the sea trout figures. Cells are blank for seasons 2011 to 2016 because finnock by stock assessment area is not available for these seasons.
Salmon rod effort
Description: number of rod days reported as fished for salmon
Unit: rod days
Type: continuous
Range: blank, 0 to 4779
Note: Salmon rod effort is published from the 2023 season onwards. Cells are blank for seasons 2011 to 2022.
Percentage of salmon catch covered by effort
Description: the percentage of total salmon catch which was reported with rod days effort
Unit: percent
Type: continuous
Range: blank, 0 to 100
Note: Salmon rod effort information is published from the 2023 season onwards. Cells are blank from 1952 to 2022 and where no salmon were caught from 2023 to 2025.