FISH COUNTS

FISH COUNTS 2010

The latest available fish count figures supplied by the Environment Agency for our three major rivers are:

RIVER	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTALS
COQUET	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
TYNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WEAR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

01 January 2010 To date there is no further information regarding the replacement or repair of the fish counters on the River Coquet.

FISH COUNTS 2009

RIVER	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTALS
COQUET	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TYNE	4	18	57	139	653	1951	5082	2494	3647	7697	627	-	22374
WEAR	4	18	20	48	196	192	3800	1526	2162	3845	-	-	11811

08 November 2009 It is not expected to have any fish count figures for the River Coquet in 2009.

Coquet Fish Counters News Update January 2009

Due to difficulties experienced during the exceptional flooding of September 2008, the Coquet fish counters are currently supplying limited data. One of the counters was destroyed during the flood event and the other is providing only a partial count. As a result we are currently not posting the fish counts for the River Coquet until both counters are fully operational again. This is likely to be around March 2009.

FISH COUNTS 2008

RIVER	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTALS
COQUET	-	-	-	25	132	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	289
TYNE	27	15	26	97	691	4047	5281	4110	6138	6413	2323	158	29326
WEAR	-	-	-	9	366	4375	6442	3087	1978	2465	379	36	18957

29 December 2008 - There would appear to have been major problems with the fish counters on the rivers Coquet and Wear. The previously reported counts for August (Coquet and Wear), September and October (Wear) no longer appear on the EA tables. The River Tyne counters do not appear to have been affected.

03 May 2008 - To Date no counts for the Coquet or the Wear have been supplied by the Agency for this year.

FISH COUNTS 2007

RIVER	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTALS
COQUET	30	15	56	99	317	358	570	1676	2098	3350	1376	-	9,945
TYNE	4	18	20	212	670	1625	2543	5883	9224	8764	1832	179	30,974
WEAR	0	0	42	195	214	1530*	423*	2525	3692	4534	1125	-	14,280

* Wear counter out of service from 22 June to 26 July 2007 so those figures represent part months totals

SOUTH PASS UPDATE, 3rd JANUARY 2008: from the Environment Agency re Coquet Counters.

Recent high river flows have caused substantial damage to our fish counting ramp and electrodes at the south pass at Warkworth on the Coquet. As a result, the fish counter for the south pass is not currently recording fish passage.We are arranging removal of the debris to ensure free passage for migratory fish and will replace the counting ramp and electrodes as soon as possible. We will post an update on this page when the works have been completed. In the meantime, fish counts for the north pass remain unaffected, and will be posted as soon as available.
23 September The latest figures up until 31 August.

19August The figures for June and July for the Tyne and Coquet are now to hand. There are no figures for the Wear. Rumour hath it that the Framwellgate counter is again out of service but no official explanation has been obtained.

Note: River Tyne Kielder Release Schedule available on 01434 240463