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Salmon smolt tagged in Dorset Frome caught off Greenland

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Trout and Salmon, 10 August 2010 15:00

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has reported the first evidence that salmon from the River Frome and presumably other south coast rivers in England feed off the coast of Greenland. At the Trust’s Salmon and Trout Research Centre on the River Frome, near Wareham in Dorset, every spring, scientists catch and tag salmon smolts as they swim down river ...

 

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Salmon smolt tagged in Dorset Frome caught off Greenland

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Trout and Salmon,
10 August 2010 15:00

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has reported the first evidence that salmon from the River Frome and presumably other south coast rivers in England feed off the coast of Greenland. At the Trust’s Salmon and Trout Research Centre on the River Frome, near Wareham in Dorset, every spring, scientists catch and tag salmon smolts as they swim down river ...

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'Record' grayling landed, then eaten for tea!

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Trout and Salmon, 03 August 2010 12:11

A potential British record fish has been landed this week, and then eaten by its captor. But this is no outrage committed by eastern Europeans, otters or cormorants. Britain’s first claimed 5lb grayling fell to a pleasure angler fishing a day-ticket stretch of the river Severn while on holiday. Midlands angler Dave Williams was concentrating on a popular section of ...

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Tal-y-llyn calls on young anglers to join its new club

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Trout and Salmon, 30 July 2010 16:22

THE PREMIER wild brown trout fishery in Wales is aiming to encourage youngsters into fly-fishing. Tal-y-llyn, near Tywyn, in the Snowdonia National Park, is launching a ‘Try The Fly’ programme. The first installment will take place at Tal-y-llyn on Sunday, August 8, and every first and third Sunday until the end of season. All fishing tackle hire and tuition will ...

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Gold for England’s young fly-fishers

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Trout and Salmon, 30 July 2010 16:21

England won the Home International Youth Fly-fishing Championship held at Grafham Water on Wednesday. It was a breezy day which made conditions very demanding for all 56 competitors who fished from boats drifting 'loch-style' in the waves (anchoring is not allowed) but a lot of hard practice over the past three months paid off for England on the 1,500 acre Cambridgeshire ...

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Tweed meeting to canvass views on salmon measures

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Trout and Salmon, 29 July 2010 16:09

Tweed fishery proprietors, their letting agents, anglers and members of connected businesses, such as tackle shops, are being invited to discuss the future of catch-and-release on the river. The meeting is at Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso, on Monday, August 16 at 7 pm. It follows a resolution that sent shock waves through Scottish salmon fishing – the last time the River ...

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Anglers demand action as rivers dry up

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Trout and Salmon, 15 July 2010 11:06

Thousands of angling clubs, fishery owners and anglers are witnessing low river flows and water levels, which are threatening vital invertebrate life in rivers and fish stocks. Angling Trust is calling on the Government, the Environment Agency and water companies to address the issue by developing long term sustainable management strategies for water resources. Angling Trust and its legal arm ...

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Tweed Foundation unsold auction lots

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Trout and Salmon, 09 July 2010 14:44

The Tweed Foundation's annual Auction of Autumn Salmon Fishing took place at the end of June, but the Foundation still has 12 Lots on offer.  As this is a very important fund raising event for The Tweed Foundation they are keen to make the best of the fishing donations gifted, many of which will be of interest to salmon fishers ...

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River Ribble system joins the Celtic sea-trout finge

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Trout and Salmon, 01 July 2010 16:11

The Ribble system is one of the North-west rivers which has been selected to take part in a three-year project monitoring sea-trout. This, the Celtic Sea Trout Project, was launched recently with a meeting between Kyle Young the Environment Agency fisheries technical specialist along with the Ribble Fisheries Consultative Association (RFCA). Sea-trout expert Nigel Milner and one of the organisers ...

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Nith River Board gathers evidence on pollution incident

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Trout and Salmon, 28 June 2010 13:48

A statement has been released by the Nith District Salmon Fishery Board (NDSFB) concerning a mining discharge into the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway. The incident, which took place earlier this month, has sent shock waves throught the game-fishing community in Nithsdale and further afield. The potential hazard which the mining industry represents in the upper Nith catchment has been ...

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Welsh Assembly report rejects right to paddle

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Trout and Salmon, 25 June 2010 13:56

A National Assembly for Wales inquiry into Access to Inland Water has rejected calls for a “right to paddle”. Instead it has recommended the expansion of voluntary access agreements. In addition the inquiry has recommended a licensing system for those using canoes and other unpowered craft on inland waters and the introduction of a fee for those making a profit out ...

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