River Tweed Commission COVID-19 Statement
Following the announcements made on Monday night by the UK and Scottish Governments there are now only a limited number of permissible reasons for leaving our homes. These reasons do not include leisure pursuits such as fishing. The new regime […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]