The Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management (VAWM) held its 2nd symposium at The East India Club in St James's Square, London on 23rd November 2006. Over 100 delegates listened to 13 presentations on the Welfare and Management of British Wildlife covering a broad spectrum of topics and species.

The second part of the symposium focussed on the need to control over-successful species and included information on the impact of seals, goosanders and cormorants on Salmon and Trout from Philip Dyson and the Tweed Foundation's Senior Biologist,  Dr Ronald Campbell. Delegates were made aware of the importance of recreational fishing to the local economies in certain parts of the country, including the Tweed, and the necessity of continued control of these predators to allow the sustainability of fish populations and why suitable legislation was essential to achieve the appropriate balance.

The key message which delegates took away from the symposium was that optimum management of wildlife populations was essential to ensure biodiversity, and a high welfare status of individual populations.