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  • Anglo-French cooperation essential to protect salmonids at sea

    Scientists and fisheries managers meet in France for International SAMARCH Forum Preliminary findings from tracking studies carried out by the SAMARCH research programme show that sea trout from France migrate to the UK coast and vice versa, and that individuals from both France and the UK are sh...

  • GWCT welcomes new study showing that beavers benefit fish by building dams in Scottish rivers

    A new study, part-funded by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, has found that modification of river habitat by Eurasian beavers helps fish in small upland streams. The project was led by the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the GWCT, Salmon and Trout Conservation, and Na...

  • IUCN Classifies Atlantic Salmon in Great Britain as Endangered

    Atlantic salmon has long been one of the icons of British rivers, but population numbers have rapidly deteriorated. In the latest species reassessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, released at COP28 this week (11th December 2023), Atlantic salmon have been reclassified from ‘Least C...

  • Orvis UK supports the Missing Salmon Alliance

    Founded in 2019, a group of Britain’s leading conservation-focused organisations formed the Missing Salmon Alliance (MSA) to fight to reverse the devastating collapse in wild Atlantic salmon around the UK. By combining expertise, coordinating activities, and advocating effective management soluti...

  • GWCT’s Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran still has a good year despite weather and Covid challenges

    The Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm (GWSDF) at Auchnerran on Deeside has just published its third annual report for the year to 31 December 2021. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT The report not only highlights the farming and research activities at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s ...

  • GWSDF Auchnerran prospers through the pandemic

    The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has published the 2020 annual report for the Game & Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran on Deeside and, despite the pandemic impacting on research and demonstration activity, the farming operation performed well over the year. ...

  • A good year for young salmon gives hope on the River Frome

    The number of young salmon leaving Dorset’s River Frome this year to start their marine journey was the highest for eight years, offering hope for the globally threatened species. Monitoring by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has shown that more than 13,000 smolts - young salmo...

  • 1,000 gamekeepers show their green credentials through positive action

    A new report, which studied the activities of nearly 1,000 gamekeepers, has identified the frequently unrecognised high level of conservation that this group of skilled and knowledgeable land and wildlife managers undertake nationally. This joint survey, undertaken by the National Gamekeepers’ Or...

  • Farming, science and conservation: the story of GWSDF Auchnerran so far

    The first annual report has been published for the Game and Wildlife Scottish Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran, Aberdeenshire, the Scottish demonstration farm of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. The farm tenancy was acquired by the Trust in 2014. The farm extends to some 417ha at a hei...

  • Sustainable food and farming policies must be rooted in science, says new policy group

    Ahead of the expected publication of the UK’s first National Food Strategy for 70 years, a high-level group of political, scientific and industry leaders, including the GWCT's Dr. Alastair Leake,  is urging the Government to do much more to put scientific rigour and evidence at the heart of Brita...

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