28 Apr 2020
15th April 2020 Devon & Severn IFCA have carried out a three-year comprehensive review of the live wrasse fishery. A fishery for live wrasse emerged in the D&S IFCA’s District in 2015, in which a small number of commercial fishers target ballan, goldsinny, corkwing and rock cook wrasse. These fish are caught for use as cleaner […]
30 Jan 2020
Don Catchment Rivers Trust are proud to announce that they have been awarded the Prix Charles Ritz for the ‘Living Heritage of the River Don’ project. The award is given to individuals or organisations who make a difference to the rivers they cherish, exhibiting the utmost devotion and commitment to the environment, and celebrates those who champion river improvement […]
11 Dec 2019
The Moray Firth Salmon Tracking Project Update ‘It is with great excitement we announce an important update for the Moray Firth Tracking Project. We are delighted to share the initial findings with you in this short video. We appreciate that you are eager to hear more news, but the last receiver was only retrieved in […]
30 Jul 2019
D&S IFCA The closed fishing period for potting for Live Wrasse species is between 1st May and 15th July inclusive. After this date there is the opportunity for commercial fishers with a D&S IFCA Potting Permit to fish for Live Wrasse but there are restrictions in place. The Live Wrasse Pot Fishery is highly regulated via the […]
13 Jul 2019
BBC Salmon farming giant Mowi has offered to close two “contentious” Scottish sea loch sites in exchange for permission to relocate them to offshore waters. Mowi said it had identified its sites at Loch Ewe and Loch Duich as “candidates for relocation”. It also cited their proximity to sensitive wild salmonid habitats as reasons for […]
11 Jun 2019
Set against an industry plan to double the size of the Scottish salmon farming sector has been a growing and vociferous coalition of organisations and campaigners opposed to these plans. A Scottish Parliament review was also extremely critical of both the salmon producers and the regulators for their current approach. Set against this has been […]
09 May 2019
Statement on Catch Returns for 2018 Atlantic Salmon Trust ‘The publication today of the official returns of wild salmon caught in Scotland last year makes for grim reading, for all those that hold this iconic species dear, as they are the lowest on record. Whilst the long hot dry summer of 2018 would no doubt […]
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