Feeling the heat in Greenland!
Wildly fluctuating temperatures not seen before are making life even harder for Salmon…… We generally think of Salmon as a freshwater fish that goes out to sea to feed in Arctic waters. But it is equally true to think of […]
June issue of ‘the River’ out now
The June 2019 issue of ‘the River‘ includes: an update on the salmon smolt tracking work of The Tweed Foundation, and news on our latest fund-raising event to help pay for the continuation of the smolt tagging and tracking work next […]
We’re coming up to Pink Salmon Spawning Time
Please watch out for Pink Salmon on Tweed July is spawning time for these fish. Unprecedented numbers were caught in Scottish rivers in 2017, including fifteen reports on the Tweed Breeding males are immediately identifiable because of their humps, as […]
BE AWARE: Update on Reporting Skin Damage in Wild Atlantic Salmon
The Scottish Government’s Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) has been responding to reports of skin damage in wild adult Salmon across Scotland. As shown above, the skin damage is presenting itself as reddening around the fins and belly, inflamed (Swollen/Red) vent […]
May issue of ‘the River’ now available
The May 2019 issue of ‘the River’ includes: comment on this year’s smolt run, and an update on the smolt tracking study, as well as a report on the education work of the Tweed Foundation, including our pilot project on Eels in […]
April issue of ‘the River’ now available
The April 2019 issue of the River includes: updates on The Tweed Foundation’s two smolt tracking studies, progress on the diet analysis study, and an interesting piece on a rather special Brown Trout. The Tweed Fisheries Management bodies – the […]
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. […]
Study of Fish-eating Birds’ Diet starts on Tweed
2019 in the International Year of the Salmon and provides us with an opportunity to highlight some important studies that are taking place to help ensure the survival of the iconic Atlantic Salmon, which is in sharp decline in major […]
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 […]