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.
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
A 68.5lb hen salmon caught in 1782 is immortalised in a mosaic on the River Usk, created with local schoolchildren
Bella Cameron marks 55 years at Grogarry Lodge, welcoming anglers to South Uist with unmatched hospitality
Bob Kindness has been awarded for his 30-year effort restoring salmon and sea-trout populations on the River Carron
Youngsters will soon be able to earn nationally recognised qualifications through pioneering new angling programmes launching across the UK
Rod catches of salmon rose 16% in 2024, but the modest improvement masks a deepening crisis