Results summary of the River Ems Fish Survey
On 12th August, 2021 the Environment Agency Solent & South Downs Area's Analysis & Reporting Team carried out two fish population surveys by single-run electric fishing, using a battery powered backpack. The first was at Mill Meadows Farm (SU7542007095), the second at Deep Springs (SU7649207976). Single-run surveys don't produce a total population estimate but instead indicate a minimum population size, in that we can be fairly sure that not all individuals of each species were captured.
The questions the surveys were designed to address were:
What species comprise the Ems fish community?
What general level of abundance are these species currently at?
For the main species of interest, are there several year classes present?
`How do these results compare with previous surveys?
See the summary document below.
