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North East · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the MainTyne?

Monitoring has recorded 19 species across 23 surveyed sites on this water, between 1995 and 2025. 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 trutta16 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  2. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar13 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  3. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula9 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  4. BullheadCottus gobio8 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  5. ChubLeuciscus cephalus8 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  6. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  7. European eelAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  8. GudgeonGobio gobio8 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
  9. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 12 Aug 2017
  10. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae6 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  11. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  12. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 29 Aug 2019
  13. RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 26 Nov 2024
  14. European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 12 Aug 2017
  15. Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2010
  16. PerchPerca fluviatilis1 sitelatest 26 Nov 2024
  17. River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 16 Oct 2010
  18. River lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 9 Oct 2008
  19. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 26 Nov 2024

Surveyed sites on this water

23 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