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Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Rochdale canal?

Monitoring has recorded 6 species across 3 surveyed sites on this water, between 2011 and 2011. 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. PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 8 Nov 2011
  2. PikeEsox lucius3 siteslatest 8 Nov 2011
  3. RoachRutilus rutilus2 siteslatest 8 Nov 2011
  4. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 7 Nov 2011
  5. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 7 Nov 2011
  6. TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 8 Nov 2011

Surveyed sites on this water

3 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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