The River Tweed Commission has the following two employment opportunities: CLERK TO THE RIVER TWEED COMMISSION & DIRECTOR OF THE TWEED FOUNDATION An opportunity to shape fisheries management on the River Tweed Based near Melrose The River Tweed Commission […]
Help Track Tweed Smolts down to the estuary this Spring……
TWEED SALMON SMOLT SURVIVAL STUDY 2020 Following on from our pilot acoustic tracking study in Spring 2019, the Tweed Foundation will be tagging 150 salmon smolts next Spring to discover how many reach the sea and where the losses take […]
Tweedstart celebrates International Year of the Salmon in film
To celebrate 2019 as the International Year of the Salmon, TweedStart has created an angling development film. The idea and creation of Eoin Fairgrieve, the short film can be viewed here. To celebrate the International Year of the Salmon, Tweedstart invited […]
Opportunity for a full-time Ghillie on Tweed
Full Time Ghillie Required For a Middle Beat on the River Tweed Commencement Date by mutual agreement Competitive Salary, Accommodation if required and Benefits inc. For further information and an application form contact: Mertoun Estate Office, St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 […]
Tweed’s 2020 salmon smolt tracking study needs your help!
TWEED SALMON SMOLT SURVIVAL STUDY 2020 Following on from our pilot acoustic tracking study in Spring 2019, the Tweed Foundation will be tagging 150 salmon smolts next Spring to discover how many reach the sea and where the losses […]
River Tweed Photography Competition
Help us show how brilliant Tweed is! Over the next few weeks we are holding a photography competition to find pictures that capture the magic of Tweed – whether that is the beautiful landscape or the tranquillity, excitement or skill […]
November 2019 issue of ‘the River’ now published
The November 2019 issue of ‘the River‘ includes a brief comment on the 2019 season – for salmon, sea-trout and brown trout, and a report on how our tagged fish fared this year. There’s a report from our Head Fishery […]
October 2019 – provisional fish counter totals
Fish counter totals can be found at this link :- Fish counter provisional totals Ettrick counter – a problem with the fish counting algorithm has been detected and is currently being investigated. This means another 565 fish movements for the […]
October 2019 issue of ‘the River’ now published
The October 2019 issue of ‘the River’ includes a piece on our pilot tracking study….. of birds – shortly to begin! There is information on how we plan to expand our adult salmon tagging programme and an update on fish recaptures […]
September 2019 – provisional fish counter totals
The provisional September fish counter totals can be at the following link :- Fish counter provisional totals