SEPA freshets from Fruid/Talla, Baddinsgill/West Water & Whiteadder Reservoirs and St Mary’s Loch this week.
Please be advised that SEPA have requested freshets from Fruid/Talla, Baddinsgill/West Water & Whiteadder Reservoirs and St Mary’s Loch this week. Source Quantity Quantity Commencing Duration Million gallons m3/day Hour Day Date (hours) Fruid / Talla 15 68,182* […]
The River – Issue May 2021 now available
The River – May 2021 is now available. This issue provides an update on the smolts movement down river assisted by the regular increases in river levels throughout May. An interesting read on ‘Spotting’ Brown trout and a recent upgrade to […]
Salmon research project nets £40,000 to investigate ways of improving fish stocks on River Tweed
A new phase of research by the Tweed Foundation that aims to investigate ways to improve Atlantic salmon stocks on the River Tweed is under way thanks in part to a £40,000 two-year grant from the Fallago Environment Fund. The […]
2019 RTC Annual Report
The River Tweed Commission (RTC) published its 2019 Annual Report this morning at its AGM in Kelso. The RTC’s figures for last season showed a modest improvement on 2018, when exceedingly dry conditions for many months depressed catches. 6,814 salmon […]
First 2020 issue of ‘the River’ now available online
The February 2020 issue of ‘the River’ includes a plea for anglers to look out for more tagged fish this season. Tweed boatmen are helping the RTC with a tagging scheme to learn more about second recaptures in the river […]
Official 2019 Tweed catch sees a small improvement on the previous season
The River Tweed Commission’s official catch figures for the 2019 season can now be revealed. The total Salmon catch last season was 6,814 compared to 6,129 in 2018. 6,382 salmon were caught by rod and line (5,644 in 2018) and […]
RTC Annual General Meeting – March 2020
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF The River Tweed Commission’s Annual General Meeting which will be held on Monday, 2nd March 2020 at 09.30am at The Ednam House Hotel, Bridge Street, Kelso The AGM is a public meeting and all are welcome […]
Tweed education work benefits from FishPal donation
FishPal presented The Tweed Foundation with a cheque of £585 yesterday. The donation is collected from anglers when booking their fishing on FishPal’s Tweed pages. Tweed Foundation Director, Fay Hieatt, said “We are incredibly grateful to FishPal and the Tweed […]
Vacancies with the River Tweed Commission
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 (Up to £65,000) Based near Melrose The […]
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 […]