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

What fish are in the Main Culm?

Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 21 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 and 2026. 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 trutta20 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  2. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar11 siteslatest 18 Jun 2019
  3. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula10 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  4. BullheadCottus gobio9 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  5. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus9 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  6. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  7. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus6 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  8. GudgeonGobio gobio6 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  9. ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 5 Oct 2023
  10. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae5 siteslatest 2 Jul 2013
  11. PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 22 May 2026
  12. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 16 Sept 2022
  13. European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 29 Apr 2019
  14. Lampetra sp.Lampetra2 siteslatest 28 May 2010
  15. PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 10 Sept 2005
  16. Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 10 Sept 2009
  17. RoachRutilus rutilus2 siteslatest 29 Apr 2019

Surveyed sites on this water

21 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