06 Mar 2025
An image of the team restocking fish into the River Weaver A total of 4,000 fish, including chub dace and roach, have been released into the River Weaver at two key locations in Cheshire, including Mill Island Weir and downstream in “The Willows” area. The restocking aims to help replenish populations after two pollution […]
06 Mar 2025
A new collaborative study, carried out between River Carron Conservation Association (RCCA) and the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation at UHI Inverness, offers one of the most comprehensive investigations of conservation stocking of salmon in the United Kingdom. Photo by Gingerbreadmedia / Pixabay Wild salmon populations have suffered extreme declines in Scotland, […]
06 Feb 2025
The Environment Agency has published new report on water temperature projections for England’s rivers. According to the report, the average water temperature of the warmest summer month is projected to rise by about 0.6°C each decade. The projections indicate that adult brown trout will be under threat from high summer water temperatures at almost all […]
22 May 2024
Migratory fish populations have crashed by more than 80% since 1970, new findings show. Populations are declining in all regions of the world, but it is happening fastest in South America and the Caribbean, where abundance of these species has dropped by 91% over the past 50 years. This region has the world’s largest freshwater […]
14 May 2024
The Scottish Government and teams have published a paper detailing the positive results of targeted protection for the critically endangered flapper skate within a Marine Protected Area (MPA). Evidence informed MPAs The Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura MPA was established in 2014 with fisheries measures, such as fisheries closures and fishing gear restrictions, […]
26 Mar 2024
Research has found that farmed salmon production leads to an overall loss of essential dietary nutrients. Researchers’ conclusions state that eating more wild ‘feed’ species directly could benefit our health while reducing aquaculture demand for finite marine resources. Scientists from the University of Cambridge, Lancaster University, University of Stirling and the University of Aberdeen calculated […]
13 Dec 2023
Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk of extinction due to global heating, overfishing and pollution, according to an expert assessment. From the large-toothed Lake Turkana robber in Kenya to the Mekong giant catfish in south-east Asia, many of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk of disappearing, the first International […]
21 Jun 2023
Over the last few days there have been multiple cases of dead fish in rivers reported. The Environment Agency is investigating whether these are due to pollution or natural causes, but has said that oxygen levels were significantly reduced along the impacted stretches, which include the Avon, the Oxford Canal, Salford Quays and the Mole.
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