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.
Two Scottish rivers have recorded dramatic increases in returning salmon in their second year of sonar count data
Highland Council has rejected a controversial pump storage hydro scheme that conservationists warned could devastate migrating salmon
The Environment Agency has launched a critical study into the state of salmon on the River Itchen, aiming to improve fish passage
Wild salmon have regained access to over 11km of prime spawning habitat on the River Deveron, for the first time in more than 150 years
A groundbreaking European management plan could finally address the cormorant crisis that has been devastating UK fisheries for decades
Scottish anglers could soon face legal action for routine fishing practices under controversial proposals from a commission that seeks to tighten legal protections for fish
This summer, fly-fishing fanatics from across the country will descend on Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, for The Game Fair 2025
Join the UK River Summit on July 8 at London’s River Wandle for talks, art, fly-fishing and debate uniting policymakers, scientists, anglers and artists to promote clean rivers and better water use.
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