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Wessex · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Main River Biss?

Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 and 2016. 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 18 Oct 2016
  2. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 18 Oct 2016
  3. ChubLeuciscus cephalus3 siteslatest 28 Jun 2012
  4. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 28 Jun 2012
  5. European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 14 Jul 2004
  6. GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 11 Jul 2005
  7. PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 24 Oct 2007
  8. RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 28 Jun 2012
  9. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 18 Oct 2016
  10. PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 16 Sept 1997
  11. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 12 Jul 2010
  12. BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 11 Sept 1997
  13. Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 11 Sept 1997
  14. Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 11 Sept 1997
  15. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2012

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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