15th April: Invasive pink salmon set to arrive in the UK, and could threaten Atlantic species
Introduced to European Russia by Soviet scientists, climate change has allowed the pink salmon to boom in northern Norway and […]
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11 April: Top financier joins Spey Catchment Initiative
A well-known north east financier has been appointed to oversee what’s been described as the “most exciting development on Speyside […]
3 April: Notice of Doon DSFB annual public meeting
The Annual Public Meeting of the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board will take place on Thursday 20 April 2023 at 7:30pm […]
2 April: Scots wildlife officer on challenges of policing 12,000 square miles of lochs, glens and islands
It’s Monday morning and PC Dan Sutherland tells me he has just accepted delivery of a box of dead crows […]
25th March: New report warns salmon could vanish completely from Welsh rivers in next few decades
A new report has revealed that salmon and sea trout populations across Wales are declining “at unprecedented rates”. The report, commissioned […]
23rd March: Researchers warn of ‘urgent’ need to understand impact of wind farms on precious peatlands
Environmental scientists at Nottingham Trent University have, for the first time, mapped the extent of known wind farm infrastructures, such […]
11th March: Meagre catches on Scottish ‘Big Four’ rivers so far this season
It has been an inauspicious start to the 2023 salmon season in Scotland, to put it mildly. With all of […]
10th March: Call goes out for people to develop peatland restoration skills
Forestry and Land Scotland has teamed up with NatureScot to next week (Monday March 13) stage a seminar on how […]
9th March: River Tweed salmon catch rises despite summer heatwaves
The number of rod-caught salmon on the River Tweed rose by more than 800 last year despite summer heatwaves and […]
8th March: Robson Green and Dame Katherine Grainger to promote River Dee’s work to save under-threat salmon
The River Dee Trust has announced three ambassadors to help restore the river and save the under threat salmon. Actor […]