Salmon and sea trout fishery statistics: 1952 to 2024 season reported catch and effort by district and method

Aggregated salmon and sea trout catch and effort statistics are provided for 109 Salmon Fishery Districts, covering all of Scotland.

The categories by which sea trout data have been reported have varied through the time series (see “Collecting the Marine Scotland Salmon and Sea Trout Fishery Statistics”{https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781805258438}). Finnock catches have been reported since 2004. Finnock, which may also be known as whitling or herling, are sea trout which have spent less than a year at sea and are making their first return to fresh water. They are not included in sea trout numbers.

Catches of farmed multi-sea winter (MSW) and one-sea winter (1SW) salmon have been reported since 1994.

Released multi-sea winter (MSW) and one-sea winter (1SW) salmon have been reported since 1994.

Rod effort for the 2023 and 2024 season are included.

No attempt has been made to correct for non-returns or incomplete information held in the register of fishery contacts.

Marine Scotland have published "2024 Official Statistics for salmon and sea trout catches"{http://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836914761}, summarising catches for 1952 to 2024. Summary data for the time series are available from our data visualisation application, accessible from the related content section below.