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East Midlands · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Grantham Canal?

Monitoring has recorded 12 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 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.

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 fluviatilis6 siteslatest 19 Apr 2013
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus6 siteslatest 19 Apr 2013
  3. TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 19 Apr 2013
  4. PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 28 Apr 1997
  5. Common breamAbramis brama4 siteslatest 22 Apr 1997
  6. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 19 Apr 2013
  7. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 18 Apr 1997
  8. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 8 Aug 1985
  9. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 8 Aug 1985
  10. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 19 Apr 2013
  11. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 8 Aug 1985
  12. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 22 May 1985

Surveyed sites on this water

6 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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