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
September 2019 issue of ‘the River’ now published
The September 2019 issue of ‘the River’ reports on how long fish remain catchable once in the river system. We provide a reminder to look out for fish disease – and to take care when handling or keeping fish that are […]
Reward for sponsor of this season’s fastest Tweed Salmon smolt
Sponsor of the fastest smolt travelling to the Tweed estuary during the 2019 salmon smolt study receives his prize. Robert Campbell’s Salmon smolt sponsorship worked out well this Spring – for both him and the smolt! Smolt Tag No. 39 […]
Developing Strong Collaborative Working to Protect our Iconic Fish Species from Poaching
Police and fisheries managers are joining forces to crack down on salmon poaching in the Borders and Lothian at a crucial time for the iconic species. The River Tweed Commission, Fisheries Management Scotland and Police Scotland will be working to […]
August 2019 – provisional fish counter totals
Provisional fish counter totals for the Tweed fish counters can be found here :- Fish counter provisional totals
2019 Tweed Salmon smolt study – pilot study conclusions
2019 TWEED SALMON SMOLT SURVIVAL STUDY The Tweed Foundation undertook a pilot study this Spring to track a small sample of Salmon smolts, with acoustic tags, from the Gala Water down to the Tweed estuary at Berwick. The Salmon smolt […]
August 2019 issue of ‘the River’ here
The August 2019 issue of ‘the River’ includes the Spring season total which, as might be expected, are a much-needed improvement on last Spring’s figures, providing some hope that the fish may keep coming in to the river well in […]