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Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Main Clyst?

Monitoring has recorded 11 species across 5 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 and 2023. 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. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta5 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  2. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  3. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  4. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  5. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus3 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  6. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  7. European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 13 Aug 2010
  8. European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  9. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 26 May 2023
  10. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 13 Aug 2010
  11. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 30 May 2013

Surveyed sites on this water

5 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