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Historical salmon (Salmo salar) catches in the Elbe catchment since the 16th century according to historical sources and recent catch data

Description: Until the middle of the 20th century, the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was an important migratory fish species in the Elbe River. Its decline and disappearance from the river and its tributaries during the last century can be seen as an indication of changes in the river habitat. Here we provide a georeferenced database on historical and recent Atlantic salmon catches in the Elbe River and its tributaries created by a literature review. The database consists of documented catches from secondary sources between 1432 and 2021 and also includes information about spatio-temporal inaccuracies.

Global identifier:

Doi(
    "10.1594/PANGAEA.974369",
)

Types:
DataMeasurements(
    DataMeasurements {
        domain: Unspecified,
        station: None,
        measured_variables: [
            "Abundance",
            "Catch",
            "Comment",
            "Data source",
            "Data type",
            "Event label",
            "Identification",
            "LATITUDE",
            "LONGITUDE",
            "Location",
            "Reference/source",
            "River",
            "Type",
            "Year of observation",
        ],
        methods: [
            "From literature",
        ],
    },
)

Tags: Atlantischer Lachs ? Lachs ? Fluss ? Lebensraumverlust ? Wanderfisch ? Elbe ? Geografische Koordinaten ? Literaturauswertung ? Daten ? Datenbank ? Catch data ? Historical Ecology ? habitat ranges ? historical records ? written sources ?

Region: Erdmannsdorf-Augustusburg Hoyerswerda Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz Sebnitz Altengamme Altenwerder Forst Bad Schandau Stadtforst Belgern Flöha Furth im Wald Hinterjessen Forst Hohnstein Kaditz Kirchwerder Wiesen Kroppen Lunzenau Naschhausen Nepperwitz Lower Saxony Niederwartha Oberspaar Ortrand Polenz Rochsburg Rottwerndorf Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Schönborn-Dreiwerden Schwin Brod Thumirnicht Thuringia Wechselburg Weesenstein Zollenspieker Zwickau, Saxony, Germany Zahna-Elster, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany Wittichenau, Saxony, Germany Wittenberge, Brandenburg, Germany Wesenitzquelle, Saxony, Germany Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Wehlen, Saxony, Germany Wallwitzhafen, Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Waldenburg, Saxony, Germany Torgau, Saxony, Germany Tangermuende, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Susice, Czechia Strehla, Saxony, Germany Soernewitz, Saxony, Germany Saxony, Germany Sachsenburg, Saxony, Germany Rochlitz, Saxony, Germany Riesa, Saxony, Germany Remse, Saxony, Germany Rehbock, Meißen, Saxony, Germany Raguhn, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Radebeul, Saxony, Germany Praschwitz, Pirna, Saxony, Germany Prag, Czechia Porschdorf, Saxony, Germany Pirna, Saxony, Germany Penig, Saxony, Germany Neularch, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Neudoerfchen-Mittweida, Saxony, Germany Muehlberg/Elbe, Brandenburg, Germany Mittweida, Saxony, Germany Merseburg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Meißen, Saxony, Germany Magdeburg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Loeßnitz, Saxony, Germany Litomerice, Czechia Lindenau, Brandenburg, Germany Lichtenwalde, Saxony, Germany Lenora, Czechia Lauenbruch, Hamburg, Germany Lachsbach, Saxony, Germany Kindisch, Elstra, Saxony, Germany Jonitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Jessnitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Hrensko, Czechia Hradec Kralove, Czechia Hostinne, Czechia Horazdovice, Czechia Hoopte, Lower Saxony, Germany Hohnstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany Hohenwarthe,Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Hohenfichte, Saxony, Germany Hof, Bavaria, Germany Heidenau, Saxony, Germany Harburg, Hamburg, Germany Hamburg, Germany Hahnoeversand, Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany Großkoschen, Brandenburg, Germany Goersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany Fliegenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany Dresden, Saxony, Germany Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Crossen an der Elster, Thuringia, Germany Cranz, Hamburg, Germany Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany Cesky Krumlov, Czechia Camburg, Thuringia, Germany Bullenhausen, Lower Saxony, Germany Borstel, Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany Bernburg (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Berlin, Germany Bad Liebenwerda, Brandenburg, Germany Bad Koesen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Bounding boxes: 9.68969339492041° .. 16.2135958° x 48.6154234° .. 53.550341° 9.16667° .. 9.16667° x 52.83333° .. 52.83333° 9.75° .. 9.75° x 54.2° .. 54.2° 12.73333° .. 12.73333° x 54.41667° .. 54.41667°

License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0

Language: Englisch/English

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Issued: 2025-10-01

Modified: 2025-10-01

Last harvest: 09.11.2026 04:39

Time ranges: 1432-01-01 - 2021-01-01

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