Europe’s biggest salmon research project has commenced in the north-east of Scotland, with equipment installed at seven major rivers.
Receiver devices have been put in place at sites including the Deveron, the Findhorn and Moray’s world-renowned River Spey, which will help to keep track of juvenile salmons, known as smolt, when they migrate to the sea.
The multi-agency fish tracking scheme was launched by the Atlantic Salmon Trust last April to discover why the species’ numbers are dwindling.