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Last month saw a very impressive specimen pass through our counter on the River Frome at East Stoke in Dorset. Watch this short video clip below to find out what it was...
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Our counter on the River Frome at East Stoke, Dorset, uses electrodes to monitor the electrical resistance of the water. When a (less resistive) fish or object large enough to bridge the electrodes passes over them, the system saves a video clip for later analysis. Here are some of the highlights showing the biggest sightings of last year.
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Why some trout migrate out to sea and why some stay in their natal river has fascinated fishermen, but now a new study is providing some answers. Jill Goodwin explains.
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A PhD completed by Sui Chang Phang and match-funded by the GWCT has successfully co-created a new model that simulates individual behaviors and growth of brown trout and Atlantic salmon in rivers undergoing environmental change
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This year’s smolt run has finally finished. After seven weeks of around-the-clock work, we are exhausted but pleased with the results. We estimated a total of 9,539 smolts passing our base at East Stoke in Dorset, which is slightly up on the five-year average (9,033), but down on the ten-year average (10,220).
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Rasmus Lauridsen reports on the return of the first salmon to have been tagged using our new PIT detection equipment.
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Last month we welcomed Sarah Chare, Deputy Director of Fisheries, Biodiversity and Geomorphology at the Environment Agency, to the Salmon & Trout Research Centre in Dorset.
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