Preparations are well under way for the Tweed Salmon Smolt tracking project. Tracking receivers are in now in place and tagging of pre-smolts will start as soon as the river drops down this week. The project will help us to […]
Tweed Foundation Biology Work – February 2019
Summarising some of the work The Tweed Foundation has undertaken during the last two months…………. Management Plan: Smolt tracking receiver installation and range testing (JH, KG), Brown trout acoustic tracking (KG), background paper for the RTC on the new regulations […]
Study of Fish-eating Birds’ Diet starts on Tweed
2019 in the International Year of the Salmon and provides us with an opportunity to highlight some important studies that are taking place to help ensure the survival of the iconic Atlantic Salmon, which is in sharp decline in major […]
Fishpal Donate to Tweedstart
The Tweed Foundation/TweedStart’s Kenny Galt and TweedStart’s Eoin Fairgrieve met with FishPal CEO Mark Cockburn at the Sunlaws fishing beat last week to receive a cheque for £1,060.50. The money had been collected from donations made by anglers during 2018 […]
Tweed Foundation Biology Work – January 2019
Summarising some of the work The Tweed Foundation has undertaken during the last two months…………. Management Plan: Goosander and Cormorant Count (JH, KG), writing up the 2018 Tweed Foundation Annual Report (all), report writing – 2018 electro-fishing results (JH), Salmon […]
Official 2018 Tweed catch announced
The River Tweed Commission’s (RTC) 2018 Annual Report confirms that last season’s official overall Salmon catch figure was 6,129. The Salmon rod catch, at 5,644, represented a further fall in catches for the fourth year running. The Spring catch last […]
February issue of ‘the River’ online now
In the first issue of 2019: Update on predation control; New Studies on Smolts starting, and how you can get involved; Monitoring results from summer 2018; Tweed Angling Codes update; Report on the 2018 Brown Trout. The Tweed Fisheries Management […]
Could you be a River Tweed Commissioner?
Scottish Borders Council are looking for Borderers with an interest in the River Tweed to serve on the River Tweed Commission (RTC). The RTC is made up of Tweed Proprietors and local representatives – the local representatives being appointed by […]
Tracking Tweed’s Salmon Smolts
TWEED SALMON SMOLT SURVIVAL The Salmon Smolt is the final product of the river. Losses at this stage of the life cycle cannot be replaced. With numbers of returning adult Salmon continuing to decline due to increasing marine mortality, we […]
2019 Updated Tweed Angling Codes
The River Tweed Commission (RTC) has produced new versions of the Tweed Angling Codes for the 2019 season. It is a good time for anglers to familiarise themselves with the Tweed rules before the new season gets underway. The Tweed […]