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.
Scotland’s Tay and Spey salmon fishery boards have appointed new chiefs, with Sean Robertson and Duncan Ferguson taking up senior management roles
One of the UK’s largest river restoration schemes has been completed on the River Breamish in Northumberland
The North Atlantic Salmon Fund has named the first winners of its Orri Award, backing community-led salmon conservation projects
A documentary by Swedish fly-fisher Emilie Björkman was screened at the European Parliament, warning of the dramatic decline in wild Baltic salmon populations
Trout & Salmon hosted its first reader event at Farlows on 11 December, featuring editor Pete Tyjas, magazine contributors, fishing tips and an evening of camaraderie
Pembrokeshire Federation of Angling Coaches concludes its 30th and final 2025 coaching event, reaching hundreds of young people with fly-fishing tuition
Parr have been found in the upper Ecclesbourne for the first time in over a century, highlighting the success of a multi-partner river restoration project
University of St Andrews receives £160,000 to develop technology protecting critically endangered salmon from seal predation on the River Dee
Anglers are invited to T&S magazine’s spring event at the Fox and Hounds Hotel in Eggesford, Devon, from 27 to 29 March
Northern Ireland anglers are frustrated as DAERA refuses permission to reopen a hatchery, even as Lough Neagh salmon numbers plummet