Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Mersey?
Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 8 surveyed sites on this water, between 2000 and 2010. 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.
- GudgeonGobio gobio8 siteslatest 25 Sept 2010
- RoachRutilus rutilus7 siteslatest 17 Oct 2010
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 14 Jul 2006
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus6 siteslatest 17 Oct 2010
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 14 Jul 2006
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 17 Oct 2010
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 14 Jul 2006
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 17 Oct 2010
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 14 Jul 2006
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2006
- Common breamAbramis brama2 siteslatest 17 Oct 2010
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2009
- BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2006
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 28 Oct 2007
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 8 Oct 2000
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 17 Aug 2003
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 18 Oct 2000
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2010
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 17 Oct 2010
- Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 28 Oct 2007
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 4 Oct 2000
Surveyed sites on this water
8 shown, newest survey first
MRME45
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 17 Oct 2010
MRME30
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2010
MRME05
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 14 Jul 2006
MRME11
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 14 Jul 2006
MRME20
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 7 Jun 2006
MRME10
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2003
MRME15
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 17 Oct 2002
MRME33
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 18 Oct 2000
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