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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
February issue of ‘the River’ online now
In the first issue of 2019: Update on predation control; New Studies on Smolts starting, and how you can get involved; Monitoring results from summer 2018; Tweed Angling Codes update; Report on the 2018 Brown Trout. The Tweed Fisheries Management […]
2019 Updated Tweed Angling Codes
The River Tweed Commission (RTC) has produced new versions of the Tweed Angling Codes for the 2019 season. It is a good time for anglers to familiarise themselves with the Tweed rules before the new season gets underway. The Tweed […]
Take Extra Care When Preparing Salmon with Red Vent to Eat…
Many Salmon in the river appear to have red vent syndrome (anisakis) this season and with practically all of the Salmon being caught in the nets at Paxton – where the Tweed Foundation carries out its research tagging – seeming to suffer […]
Tweed’s Spring Catch Low – but there have been lower….
The River Tweed Commission has compiled the Tweed catch for the Spring season to 30th June. The overall reported catch by rod & line was 1,083 Salmon. Whilst this represents a further drop on last season when 1,843 fish were […]
Dr Ronald Campbell goes on tour as the 2018 Buckland Professor
2018 Buckland Professor The Tweed Foundation’s senior biologist, Dr Ronald Campbell, gave his first lecture on the history of Salmon management in the British Isles – as part of his year as the Buckland Professor. Ronald now works part-time for The Foundation […]