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Increase in river catch of salmon
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2009-01-23T10:00:00.000Z
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River catch, 2008, preliminary figures

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Increase in river catch of salmon

The total river catch of salmon, sea trout and migratory char amounted to 480 tonnes in 2008. This is 68 tonnes or 16 per cent, more than in 2007.

River fishing of salmon. 1999-2008*. Tonnes

The total catch consisted of 424 tonnes of salmon and 56 tonnes of sea trout and migratory char. Compared with 2007, the increase was 25 per cent for salmon, while the two other species decreased by 25 per cent.

The average weight of salmon caught was 3.8 kilos in 2008, against 3.5 kilos in 2007. 25 per cent of the salmon weighed less than 3 kilos, 36 per cent between 3 and 7 kilos and 39 per cent above 7 kilos. The corresponding percentage distribution for 2007 was 25, 42 and 33 respectively.

Tana and its tributaries was the most important river system in 2008, with a catch of 55.4 tonnes. This is 7.3 tonnes more than in 2007. Next in line were Gaula, Altaelva, Namsenvassdraget and Orkla.

River catch of salmon, sea trout and migratory char. The whole country. 2006-2008*. Tonnes and per 1 000
  2006 2007 2008* 2006 2007 2008*
  Tonnes Per 1 000
Total  499  415  480  225  174  168
             
Salmon, total  420  341  424  142 97  112
Less than 3 kg  160 85  106 95 53 61
3-7 kg  175  145  153 38 32 34
7 kg and over 85  111  166 9 12 18
Sea trout and migratory char 79 75 56 82 77 56
River catch of salmon, sea trout and migratory char. Rivers with the biggest catch. 2006-2008*. Tonnes and per 1 000
  2006 2007 2008* 2006 2007 2008*
  Tonnes Per 1 000
Tana and its tributaries 49.6 48.1 55.4 19.3 13.7 13.0
Gaulavassdraget 44.7 25.5 42.4 11.7 4.8 7.7
Altaelva 23.1 16.3 23.5 9.8 5.2 6.6
Namsenvassdraget 21.8 17.4 26.1 7.8 6.6 7.7
Orkla 23.5 17.7 21.5 6.7 3.5 4.4
Målselvvassdraget 9.1 9.6 13.7 5.7 4.7 5.0
Tengs-, Bjerkreimselva 12.0 11.2 13.2 7.0 5.1 5.4
Numedalslågen 9.9 10.8 11.8 2.9 2.5 2.6
Repparfjordelva m/Skaidijohka 9.6 7.0 9.6 4.6 3.0 3.7
Drammenselva 8.1 7.3 9.4 1.9 1.4 1.7
River catch of salmon, sea trout and migratory char. Catch, by weight of fish and county. 2008*. Kg
  Catch, total Salmon Sea trout and migratory char
  Total Less than 3 kg 3-7 kg Over 7 kg
The whole country  480 300  424 481  105 654  152 669  166 158 55 819
østfold 1 898 1 868  143  936  789 30
Akershus og Oslo  538  280  136  135 9  259
Buskerud 11 055 9 837  865 4 052 4 920 1 219
Vestfold 11 778 11 438  888 6 113 4 437  340
Telemark  931  925  267  613 46 6
Aust-Agder 1 104  873  280  477  117  231
Vest-Agder 22 235 21 259 7 564 11 844 1 851  976
Rogaland 39 729 38 785 14 257 18 662 5 866  944
Hordaland 9 315 6 703 1 253 4 001 1 449 2 612
Sogn og Fjordane 18 581 14 998 3 511 6 771 4 715 3 584
Møre og Romsdal 28 015 22 323 6 100 10 685 5 539 5 692
Sør-Trøndelag 76 732 74 999 13 509 24 012 37 478 1 733
Nord-Trøndelag 44 598 42 213 9 268 15 922 17 023 2 384
Nordland 35 314 20 127 5 411 8 321 6 394 15 187
Troms Romsa 38 294 27 178 6 418 8 220 12 541 11 116
Finnmark Finnmárku  140 185  130 677 35 786 31 904 62 988 9 509