Salmon & Trout Conservation ‘The Environment Agency (EA) turned 25 years old this April but our waters will not be celebrating. The freshwater aquatic environment is polluted, fragmented and we face a biodiversity crisis with many freshwater species in steep decline or even at risk of extinction, including iconic species such as the Atlantic salmon. […]
Angling Trust ‘A new report, Salmonid and fisheries statistics for England and Wales 2019, by the Environment Agency highlights the growing concern on the status of salmon populations in our rivers. In England & Wales, no rivers were categorised as being ‘not at risk’, with all 22 principal salmon rivers in Wales categorised at ‘at risk’ […]
The Wild Trout Trust (www.wildtrout.org) has been working with partners on the River Dove and its tributaries to remove over fifty weirs in 2017-2018. The River Dove forms the boundary between the counties of Derbyshire and Staffordshire in central England. The weir removals took place at three locations within the catchment: “Letting the Dove Flow” […]
The Environment Agency has published its revised Salmon and Sea Trout Protection Byelaws which came into effect at the start of the year. Environment Agency introduce restrictions on fishing in England in response to the international decline in migratory salmon stocks. Published 18 December 2018. The Environment Agency’s national salmon and sea trout byelaws, applicable […]