Result! .. for the Sage Rod 2015 Christmas Prize Draw
The Tweed Foundation’s Christmas Prize Draw for a Sage Salmon rod – in aid of its TweedStart initiative – took place last Friday. Mr Michael Moore, who has recently joined the Foundation’s Board, made the Draw and the winning ticket was […]
Tweed BioBlog – the end of fieldwork for 2015
14th -30th November 2015 : The end of fieldwork, the trout traps finishing with the end of spawning. Unusually, both the Peebles and Tweedsmuir traps had the odd Salmon in them this year as well. The Tweedsmuir result was minimum estimate […]
New report: River Tweed’s Economic Contribution Continues to Grow
Fishing and other activities on the River Tweed support 513 full-time equivalent jobs and pump £24 million into the economy of the Borders and North Northumberland, according to a report published this week. Despite a couple of difficult years for […]
WIN!! A Top of the Range Sage “Method” Salmon Rod
The Tweed Foundation is holding a CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW FOR A SAGE “METHOD” 15’ DOUBLE-HANDED SALMON ROD in aid of TweedStart, an initiative it runs providing children with the opportunity to learn to fish. The rod is the latest design; top […]
Tweed BioBlog – mainly in the office
Monday 9th – Friday 13th November 2015: Monday – on leave. Tuesday – in the office mainly finishing off the report on the lamprey of the Till, James is on traps duty this week. Wednesday – with Nick around the […]
River Tweed – The Bemersyde Trophy 2015
Entries for the 2015 Bemersyde Trophy are now being invited for the largest wild Atlantic Salmon caught on Tweed this season. This annual challenge Trophy was the inspiration of The Earl Haig, owner of the Bemersyde beat in middle Tweed, who […]
Tweed Foundation – Biology Work October 2015
Summarising some of the work that The Tweed Foundation has undertaken over the preceding month….. Management Plan: Trout trapping (R Campbell, J Hunt, K Galt); Piscivorous birds count (R Campbell, J Hunt, K Galt); Trout catch logbook data entry (K […]
Tweed BioBlog : Trout traps
Monday 2nd – Friday 6th November 2015: On trout trap duty this week. Monday – Seven females trapped coming downstream in the Tweedsmuir trap today. It’s clear now that my joinery failure with the trap door, which broke during the one […]
Tweed BioBlog: Conservation Limits
Monday 26th – Friday 30th October 2015: Monday – On leave: Tuesday – a meeting with MSS at the Faskally laboratory along with my counterparts from the Spey and Dee and the Lochaber and Galloway Trusts to discuss the new Conservation […]
Tweed BioBlog: At the 2nd International Sea-trout Symposium
Thursday 22nd October 2015: The last day of the conference, with Sessions on “Monitoring and Surveillance” ; “Threat Assessment” (which I chaired) and “Looking Ahead“. One of the papers in the “Threats” session was on Sea-lice from Salmon farming in […]