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Grand Union Canal fishing evidence · East Anglia

What fish are in the Grand Union Canal?

Monitoring has recorded 26 species across 36 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 and 2013. These are survey records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, that the water is fishable, or that you have permission to fish it.

River evidence passport

Four signals, kept deliberately separate.

The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.

01 · Identity

Grand Union Canal

EA ecology area
East Anglia
Waterbody IDs
GB105033030490 · GB105033030540 · GB105033037920 · GB105033037971 · GB105033038000 · GB105033038180 · +9 more
Catchments
Grand Union Canal · Upper Ouse
02 · Survey breadth

36 sites · 52 events

26 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 16 Sept 2013

Within 2 years
0 sites
3–5 years
0 sites
6–10 years
0 sites
Older
36 sites

Recorded species

What monitoring has found here

Ordered by how many sites on this water recorded the species. A species not listed has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent.

  1. PerchPerca fluviatilis36 siteslatest 16 Sept 2013
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus34 siteslatest 4 Jun 2013
  3. Common breamAbramis brama27 siteslatest 1 Feb 1994
  4. GudgeonGobio gobio27 siteslatest 16 Sept 2013
  5. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus17 siteslatest 1 Feb 1994
  6. PikeEsox lucius16 siteslatest 16 Sept 2013
  7. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama13 siteslatest 1 Feb 1994
  8. Pike varietiesEsox lucius10 siteslatest 21 Apr 1988
  9. European eelAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 4 Jun 2013
  10. BullheadCottus gobio8 siteslatest 31 Jan 1994
  11. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 1 Feb 1994
  12. TenchTinca tinca7 siteslatest 4 Apr 1990
  13. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio6 siteslatest 4 Jun 2013
  14. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus6 siteslatest 1 Feb 1994
  15. Tench varietiesTinca tinca6 siteslatest 21 Apr 1988
  16. ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 16 Sept 2013
  17. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna5 siteslatest 23 Dec 1993
  18. BleakAlburnus alburnus4 siteslatest 23 Dec 1993
  19. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio4 siteslatest 24 Nov 1993
  20. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 29 Mar 1988
  21. Crucian carpCarassius carassius3 siteslatest 25 Mar 1988
  22. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 16 Sept 2013
  23. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 23 Mar 1988
  24. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2 siteslatest 16 Sept 2013
  25. Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 30 Mar 1990
  26. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 23 Dec 1993

Surveyed sites on this water

36 shown, newest survey first

Provenance

Source and licence

  • SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
  • LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
  • Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
  • Waterbody nameAs published by the Environment Agency
  • Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety
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