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The River Spey is the second longest river in Scotland and seventh longest in the UK, with a total catchment of 3,008km2. The river and tributaries extend to some 22,750 miles of which the main stem comprises 107 miles.

 

The Spey Fishery Board is the Statutory Body responsible for the conservation, protection and enhancement of Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout stocks and their fisheries throughout this, as well as for 20 miles of coastline for which their responsibility extends 3 nautical miles out to sea.

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The River Spey is the second longest river in Scotland and seventh longest in the UK, with a total catchment of 3,008km2. The river and tributaries extend to some 22,750 miles of which the main stem comprises 107 miles.

 

The Spey Fishery Board is the Statutory Body responsible for the conservation, protection and enhancement of Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout stocks and their fisheries throughout this, as well as for 20 miles of coastline for which their responsibility extends 3 nautical miles out to sea.

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The River Spey is the second longest river in Scotland and seventh longest in the UK, with a total catchment of 3,008km2. The river and tributaries extend to some 22,750 miles of which the main stem comprises 107 miles.

 

The Spey Fishery Board is the Statutory Body responsible for the conservation, protection and enhancement of Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout stocks and their fisheries throughout this, as well as for 20 miles of coastline for which their responsibility extends 3 nautical miles out to sea.

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The River Spey is the second longest river in Scotland and seventh longest in the UK, with a total catchment of 3,008km2. The river and tributaries extend to some 22,750 miles of which the main stem comprises 107 miles.

 

The Spey Fishery Board is the Statutory Body responsible for the conservation, protection and enhancement of Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout stocks and their fisheries throughout this, as well as for 20 miles of coastline for which their responsibility extends 3 nautical miles out to sea.

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The River Spey is the second longest river in Scotland and seventh longest in the UK, with a total catchment of 3,008km2. The river and tributaries extend to some 22,750 miles of which the main stem comprises 107 miles.

 

The Spey Fishery Board is the Statutory Body responsible for the conservation, protection and enhancement of Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout stocks and their fisheries throughout this, as well as for 20 miles of coastline for which their responsibility extends 3 nautical miles out to sea.

Catch numbers

Angler with CatchThe Spey Board collates the numbers of rod-caught Salmon and Sea Trout twice a year, from February- June and from July-Sept, in order to monitor the overall catch each year. 

The salmon and grilse catch for 2011 was 8,607 which is slightly below the last ten-year average (2000-2010) of 8,900. However, the early part of the 2011 season was encouraging produced a spring catch (between 11th February and 30thApril) of only 535 fish an improvement on the 334 caught in 2010. A good run of summer salmon was evident but grilse catches were poor leading to the lower overall catch for the season. Catch and release rates for salmon and grilse were 82% for the season.

The 2011 rod catch for Sea Trout was 1,975, a disappointing reduction from the 3290 caught in 2010 and below the ten year average (2000-10) of 2974. Sea trout catches vary considerably from year to year on the Spey and in reason years catches have shown a worrying decline. The Board are delighted that sea trout anglers have responded by adopting a catch and release approach to conserve the stocks. During 2011 this produced a 69% release rate for sea trout. Much more information on the sea trout needs to be gained to effectively manage the stocks and to achieve this the Board continues to support the Moray Firth Sea Trout Project.

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