Salmon and sea trout fishing - Statistical boundaries

Boundaries of the 11 Salmon Fishery Statistical Regions, 109 Salmon Fishery Districts and 173 Salmon Stock Assessment Areas can be displayed from links in the 'Maps' tab below. Click on the title of each boundary layer for metadata on attributes and licensing information.

* Please Note * As statistical boundary layers were derived by Marine Scotland from a licensed dataset, they are not downloadable or routinely available but can be shared if the user holds a licence from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH).

Official Statistics are published annually. More information can be found at https://www.gov.scot/publications/marine-publications-information-on-scottish-salmon-and-sea-trout-statistics/

Marine Scotland Topic Sheet no. 67, 'Collecting the Marine Scotland Salmon and Sea Trout Fishery Statistics' describes how the annual survey of salmon and sea trout fisheries is carried out - see link in the 'Additional Information' tab below.

Updated graphs (as found in Scotland’s Marine Atlas) can be accessed in the ‘Data Sources’ tab below.

More information on the conservation of wild salmon, and the annual stock assessment and river grading can be accessed from links in the ‘Additional Information’ tab below.