Tweed Foundation Biology Work – March 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), Smolt trapping and tagging (JH, KG), Brown trout acoustic tracking (KG), River Temperature Monitoring […]
March issue of ‘the River’ now online
The March issue includes: updates on The Tweed Foundation’s new smolts tracking work, a new study about to start to look at the diet of avian predators, a plea for more anglers to take scale samples from Springers, and more. […]
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 […]
November issue of ‘the River’
The Tweed Fisheries Management bodies – the River Tweed Commission & The Tweed Foundation – issue monthly updates on fisheries issues for all those on the river. The 2018-November-The River-Issue-9 is now available. The updates are distributed to fishing huts, hotels and […]
Event: Lecture on ‘A History of Salmon Management’ next Monday, 3rd December
Dr Ronald Campbell, the 2018 Buckland Professor* is presenting his lecture on “A History of Salmon Management in the British Isles” at Drygrange next week. Monday 3rd December 2018 at 7pm at The Tweed Foundation, Drygrange Steading, Melrose, TD6 9DJ […]
A History of Salmon Management in the British Isles
Senior Tweed Foundation Biologist Dr Ronald Campbell’s lectures as the 2018 Buckland Professor continue to the close of the year. His lecture on ‘A History of Salmon Management in the British Isles” can be caught at the following venues, ending […]
Buckland Lectures continue …. In Ireland
2018 Buckland Professor Irish Lecture Tour Friday, 23 November 2018 – University of Cork At 13.00 Hrs University College, Cork, Ireland Rm CEC.7/8, Ground Floor, Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields The Tweed Foundation’s senior biologist, Dr Ronald Campbell, is continuing […]
September 2018 issue of ‘the River’ published
The Tweed Fisheries Management bodies – the River Tweed Commission & The Tweed Foundation – issue monthly updates on fisheries issues for all those on the river. The 2018 The River Issue 7 is now available. The updates are distributed to fishing […]
Salmon Champion Michelle Ballantyne praises Tweed Salmon Management
Michelle Ballantyne – MSP for the South of Scotland – spent a day with the River Tweed Commission and Tweed Foundation learning more about Tweed Salmon in her role as the Scottish Environment Species Champion for Atlantic Salmon. Mrs Ballantyne […]
Buckland Lecture at St Andrews
2018 Buckland Professor Scottish Lecture Tour Thursday, 1 November 2018 – University of St Andrews Doors open 16.30 Lecture commences 17.00 The Gateway Theatre, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9RJ The Tweed Foundation’s senior biologist, Dr Ronald Campbell, is […]