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455,439 fish stocked into UK waters by EA

by Freddie Sandford |

Published on5th May 2023 at 10.37am

NEARLY half a million fish were released into England’s rivers, lakes and canals last year – and they’re some of the largest and most resilient specimens ever to be stocked.

Thousands of barbel have been stocked into the UK's rivers

The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm in Nottinghamshire has revealed that 455,439 fish were introduced into a wide range of venues to help stimulate natural recruitment, and barbel made up over a quarter of the total.

Most of the fish were stocked down the eastern side of the country, with waters in the North East, Anglian and South East regions getting almost 80 per cent of the total.

READ THE FULL STORY FROM LAST WEEK'S MAGAZINE HERE.

The EA's Calverton fish farm

EA 2022/23 STOCKING FIGURES

Species Stocked

Chub - 11.8%

Dace - 9.4%

Roach - 14.6%

Bream - 12.5%

Barbel - 27.9%

Tench - 5.6%

Crucians - 5.1%

Rudd - 4.3%

Grayling - 8.8%

Regional breakdown

Anglian - 25.3%

Midlands - 9.1%

North East - 22.9%

North West - 9.3%

South East - 31.1%

South West - 2.3%

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