News: conservation, legislation and fly fishing across the UK
Wild Atlantic salmon is now endangered in UK waters, catch limits are tightening across Scotland and Ireland, and the pressure on rivers from pollution, abstraction and habitat loss has never been greater. For anyone who fishes for wild trout, sea trout or salmon, staying informed has never mattered more.
Trout & Salmon’s news section covers the stories that shape the sport – conservation developments, regulatory changes, river conditions, hatchery programmes, fishing access disputes and the environmental battles being fought on behalf of the fish we love. We report across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with a close eye on the science and the policy driving change.
This is news written by anglers who understand what’s at stake – on the riverbank and in the legislation that governs it.
A new citizen science water quality report by the Angling Trust reveals that almost 50% of monitored UK river sites have environmentally harmful nitrate concentrations
Gillies, river workers, and conservationists protest outside the Scottish Parliament, urging First Minister John Swinney to halt new salmon farms to protect wild salmon populations
Fish Legal launches a Judicial Review against the Environment Agency over its failure to adequately address severe agricultural and phosphate pollution in the River Wye
BBC Countryfile explores the River Tweed ahead of the 2026 salmon season, highlighting river management, conservation science, and the region's rich fishing heritage
Salmon fishing on the River Test has been halted by the Barker Mill Family Trust due to critically low wild fish numbers. Read about the suspension and conservation concerns.
Holyrood has passed legislation introducing stronger penalties for serious fish poaching offences in Scotland.
Proposals to reintroduce Britain's largest-ever bird have sparked warnings that anglers could be locked out of prime fishing waters.
An exhibition celebrating England’s rare chalk streams opens at Meadow in Stockbridge on 26 March.
Anglers and conservationists protested against off-road vehicles driving through chalk stream spawning grounds on the River Meon.
Ross on Wye Angling Club says Environment Agency plan for the River Wye is “totally inadequate” to tackle worsening pollution.