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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
Join us at the Border Union Show in Kelso this weekend
Join the Tweed at the Border Union Show this weekend 2019 is International Year of the Salmon, and we will be celebrating all things Atlantic Salmon at this year’s Show The Tweed Foundation will be running a children’s quiz on […]
Great Tweed Raffle Draw results
2019 The GREAT Tweed Raffle The Great Tweed Raffle draw took place earlier today. Results, relayed by live video on Facebook, can be viewed here. The Raffle has raised £6,200 for The Tweed Foundation’s salmon smolts tracking work on the […]