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East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Yare?

Monitoring has recorded 24 species across 16 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 and 2023. 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. ChubLeuciscus cephalus16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  2. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  3. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  4. PikeEsox lucius16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  5. RoachRutilus rutilus16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  6. BullheadCottus gobio15 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  7. PerchPerca fluviatilis15 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  8. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula15 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  9. GudgeonGobio gobio14 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  10. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus12 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  11. European eelAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 3 Jun 2005
  12. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  13. TenchTinca tinca9 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  14. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus7 siteslatest 13 Jul 2017
  15. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 8 Aug 2023
  16. Common breamAbramis brama6 siteslatest 3 Aug 2017
  17. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 4 Nov 2020
  18. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri4 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  19. Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra2 siteslatest 3 Aug 2017
  20. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2023
  21. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 12 Jun 2014
  22. Chub x dace hybridLeuciscus cephalus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 31 May 2005
  23. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 31 Jul 1992
  24. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 24 May 2005

Surveyed sites on this water

16 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