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Pheasant Research Appeal

A brief history of GWCT research on snares

Atlantic salmon research on the River Frome

It is widely accepted that a global decline has occurred in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) populations.  This is reflected in both rod catch data and salmon counter data. On the River Frome in Dorset the total number of adult salmon returning to spawn has been monitored since 1973 by a fish cou...

Water Friendly Farming: The GWCT’s catchment sensitive farming research project

The importance of GWCT-published research being made widely available

Fish

Popular Video: 50 Years of Salmon Monitoring on the Frome > Studying the survival of seaward-migrating fish in estuaries > How does water crowfoot benefit young salmon and trout? > Which river characteristics provide better habitat for young salmon and trout? > SAMARCH Project > Do...

Céline Artero

Fisheries Scientist Céline has been with the GWCT Fisheries team, based on the River Frome at Wareham, Dorset, since 2017. As a fisheries scientist, she tracks young and adult fish during their migration from freshwater to the sea, investigating their behaviour, migration routes and timing. She a...

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During the early 1990s, there was a widespread crash in numbers of Atlantic salmon. This event highlighted to our fisheries research group the importance of not only monitoring the number of returning adults but also the number of emigrating smolts. By monitoring both smolts leaving the river and...

Blogs pre August 2015

As of 14 August 2015, you can find all GWCT blogs on our website. If you would like to access blog posts written before then, you can do so here: GWCT News Blog > Peter Thompson's Wildlife Blog > Woodcock Watch Blog > Rotherfield Demonstration Project Blog > WildCromar Blog > Big F...