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 […]
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 […]
River Tweed Commission Application for an Amendment to the Tweed Regulation Order 2007
AMENDMENT TO THE TWEED REGULATION ORDER 2007 ANNUAL CLOSE TIME AND CATCH AND RELEASE In terms of paragraph 9 of schedule 2 of The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (“the 2006 Order”) notice is hereby given that, following […]
River Tweed Commission 2017 Annual Report
The River Tweed Commission has published its 2017 Annual Report including catches for the season. With an overall Salmon catch of 7,003 (8,221 in 2016), 2017’s catch was down by 15% on the previous season. 6,577 Salmon (7,680 in 2016) were […]
River Tweed Commission welcomes EA measures to protect Salmon stocks
The River Tweed Commission is very pleased that the Environment Agency is following international best practice and calling a halt to mixed stock fisheries. Recent genetic testing work on Salmon has shown that 70% of fish caught by the North […]
Come & See the Salmon Netting at Paxton House – June 2017
Netting at Paxton House in JUNE 2017 Learn how the netting is carried out….. and what it can tell us Everyone is welcome to come along and learn more about the netting of fish on Tweed and the tagging procedure […]
Gardo netting station on Tweed starts killing scarce Spring Salmon
Spring Salmon remain scarce on the river and Tweed anglers are helping to play their part in preserving this small stock of fish by returning their catch to the water. The River Tweed Commission (RTC), on the advice of the […]
River Tweed Commission 2016 Annual Report Published
The River Tweed Commission has published its Annual Report and catches for 2016. 7,680 Salmon (8,091 in 2015) were caught by rod and line and 541 (553) by net; with an overall Salmon catch of 8,221 (8,644 in 2015), 2016’s […]
What is happening to Tweed Salmon?
Changes are taking place in the runs of Atlantic Salmon: recent Autumn catches are declining, Summer catches are generally increasing but with considerable annual variation, and Spring catches are staying much the same. While overall both Salmon (fish that have […]
Come and Watch Salmon Netting at Paxton – June 2016
The Tweed Foundation will be using the Paxton netting station throughout the 2016 season once again for research purposes, with all Salmon being returned to the River. This work is undertaken with the kind permission of The Paxton Trust and netsman, […]