Numbers of river herring returning to fishways on coastal
New Hampshire rivers from 1972 - 2007
YEAR | COCHECO RIVER | EXETER RIVER | OYSTER RIVER | LAMPREY RIVER | TAYLOR RIVER | WINNICUT RIVER | ANNUAL TOTAL |
1972 | 2,528 | + | 2,528 | ||||
1973 | 1,380 | + | 1,380 | ||||
1974 | 1,627 | + | 1,627 | ||||
1975 | 2,639 | 2,882 | + | 5,521 | |||
1976 | 9,500 | 11,777 | 3,951 | 450,000 | + | 475,228 | |
1977 | 29,500 | 359 | 11,256 | 2,700++ | 43,815 | ||
1978 | 1,925 | 205 | 419 | 20,461 | 168,256 | 3,229++ | 194,495 |
1979 | 586 | 186 | 496 | 23,747 | 375,302 | 3,410++ | 403,727 |
1980 | 7,713 | 2,516 | 2,921 | 26,512 | 205,420 | 4,393++ | 249,475 |
1981 | 6,559 | 15,626 | 5,099 | 50,226 | 94,060 | 2,316++ | 173,886 |
1982 | 4,129 | 542 | 6,563 | 66,189 | 126,182 | 2,500++ | 206,105 |
1983 | 968 | 1 | 8,866 | 54,546 | 151,100 | + | 215,481 |
1984 | 477 | 5,179 | 40,213 | 45,600 | + | 91,469 | |
1985 | 974 | 4,116 | 54,365 | 108,201 | + | 167,656 | |
1986 | 2,612 | 1,125 | 93,024 | 46,623 | 117,000 | 1,000++ | 261,384 |
1987 | 3,557 | 220 | 57,745 | 45,895 | 63,514 | + | 170,931 |
1988 | 3,915 | 73,866 | 31,897 | 30,297 | + | 139,975 | |
1989 | 18,455 | 38,925 | 26,149 | 41,395 | + | 124,924 | |
1990 | 31,697 | 154,588 | 25,457 | 27,210 | + | 238,952 | |
1991 | 25,753 | 313 | 151,975 | 29,871 | 46,392 | + | 254,304 |
1992 | 72,491 | 537 | 157,024 | 16,511 | 49,108 | + | 295,671 |
1993 | 40,372 | 278 | 73,788 | 25,289 | 84,859 | + | 224,586 |
1994 | 33,140 | * | 91,974 | 14,119 | 42,164 | + | 181,397 |
1995 | 79,385 | 592 | 82,895 | 15,904 | 14,757 | + | 193,533 |
1996 | 32,767 | 248 | 82,362 | 11,200 | 10,113 | + | 136,690 |
1997 | 31,182 | 1,302 | 57,920 | 22,236 | 20,420 | + | 133,060 |
1998 | 25,277 | 392 | 85,116 | 15,947 | 11,979 | 219 | 138,930 |
1999 | 16,679 | 2,821 | 88,063 | 20,067 | 25,197 | 305 | 153,132 |
2000 | 30,938 | 533 | 70,873 | 25,678 | 44,010 | 525 | 172,557 |
2001 | 46,590 | 6,703 | 66,989 | 39,330 | 7,065 | 1,118 | 167,795 |
2002 | 62,472 | 3,341 | 58,179 | 58,605 | 5,829 | 7,041 | 195,467 |
2003 | 71,199 | 71 | 51,536 | 64,486 | 1,397 | 5,427 | 194,116 |
2004 | 47,934 | 83 | 52,934 | 66,333 | 1,055 | 8,044 | 176,383 |
2005 | 16,446 | 66 | 12,882 | 40,026 | 223 | 2,703 | 72,346 |
2006 | 4,318 | 16 | 6,035 | 23,471 | 147 | 822 | 34,809 |
2007 | 15,815 | 40 | 17,402 | 55,225 | <1,000 | 7,541 |
* - Due to damage to the fish trap, fishway became a swim through operation.
+ - Fishway unable to pass fish until modifications in 1997.
++ - Fish netted below and hand passed over Winnicut River dam.