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Written question asked by Ben Chapman (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 January 2010. It was answered by Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

River Dee: Salmon

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the size of the salmon population in the River Dee in the last (a) two, (b) five, (c) 10 and (d) 15 years.
Answer

The following table shows the estimates of the numbers of adult salmon returning to the River Dee at Chester each year since 1992 when an intensive long-term monitoring programme for migratory salmonids began on the river.These estimates are published in spring each year (alongside those of other salmon rivers in England and Wales) in a joint report produced by the Environment Agency and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Environment Agency and CEFAS (2009) Annual assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries in England and Wales 2008: A preliminary assessment prepared for ICES, March 2009.Estimates for 2009 are due to be available by March 2010.

Dee salmon run estimates 1992 to 2008
Number
1992 4,643
1993 9,757
1994 5,285
1995 5,703
1996 4,931
1997 5,496
1998 6,661
1999 3,664
2000 3,751
2001 4,766
2002 7,216
2003 4,915
2004 7,123
2005 5,435
2006 5,663
2007 5,839
2008 5,437

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c744W; 312618
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Salmon River Dee
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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