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By Rachael Hustler, Scottish Lowlands placement student
The new year marks four months into my placement with GWCT and there are plenty of highlights from my time in Scotland so far.
A big reason why I chose a to spend my placement year with the Trust was because of the fieldwork it entailed, and...
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By Dylan Roberts, GWCT Head of Fisheries
Most of you may think: "What is the problem with salmon?" The fishmongers' counters are full of whole, filleted, smoked and numerous forms of processed salmon. The reality is that this is all farmed salmon, reared in cages, at sea to satisfy a market whic...
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Sarah Bayley Slater looks at the students and scientists working together to protect wild salmonids
The GWCT has been monitoring Atlantic salmon numbers in the River Frome, at our Salmon & Trout Research Centre since 2009. This has created one of the most comprehensive records of salmon move...
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First trout smolt caught in 2022
The 25th March marked the start of the smolt trapping on the River Frome!
This is one of the busiest times of the year for the GWCT Fisheries Team.
At the start of the smolt run, the majority of the smolts are migrating at night. So, the Fisheries Team work arou...
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This week the GWCT Fisheries Team met to celebrate the achievements of Dr Céline Artero and Thomas Lecointre on the SAMARCH project, and wish them good luck for the next stage of their careers.
Dr Céline Artero with a sea trout on the River Tamar, one of the five study rivers where fish tracking...
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There is stark news for the world’s fish in the latest species reassessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Published on 11 December, the report shows that nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk of extinction, with the main UK population of Atlantic salmon reclas...
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