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The following table shows the estimates of the numbers of adult salmon returning to the River Dee at Chester each year since 1992 when an intensive long-term monitoring programme for migratory salmonids began on the river.These estimates are published in spring each year (alongside those of other salmon rivers in England and Wales) in a joint report produced by the Environment Agency and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Environment Agency and CEFAS (2009) Annual assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries in England and Wales 2008: A preliminary assessment prepared for ICES, March 2009.Estimates for 2009 are due to be available by March 2010.<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Dee salmon run estimates 1992 to 2008</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Number</TD></TR><TR><TD>1992</TD><TD>4,643</TD></TR><TR><TD>1993</TD><TD>9,757</TD></TR><TR><TD>1994</TD><TD>5,285</TD></TR><TR><TD>1995</TD><TD>5,703</TD></TR><TR><TD>1996</TD><TD>4,931</TD></TR><TR><TD>1997</TD><TD>5,496</TD></TR><TR><TD>1998</TD><TD>6,661</TD></TR><TR><TD>1999</TD><TD>3,664</TD></TR><TR><TD>2000</TD><TD>3,751</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001</TD><TD>4,766</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002</TD><TD>7,216</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003</TD><TD>4,915</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>7,123</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>5,435</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>5,663</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>5,839</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>5,437</TD></TR></Table> |