Fish traps and Beavers so far this week.   more »

Admin, a lack of Germans & fishing for genetics samples so far this week.   more »

The latest Newsletter from the Foundation is now available   more »

Foundation uses underwater CCTV to try and capture Salmon spawning on film..   more »

The RTC quarterly Council, SOPs, data entry & Whiteadder salmon management this week.   more »

Go Grayling fishing and help raise money for charity, too.......   more »

Fish Counter results for November 2008 :

Ettrick: After the very good October count, November was not great, but there is generally an inverse relationship between October and November - the better one is, the poorer the other is.

Gala: Another apparently very good total, for November, but until there is a longer time series it is not really possible to say what is good or what is bad. As the minimum spawning requirement for the Gala (based on the "wetted area" that has to be stocked with eggs) is 684 salmon, this year's total will well surpass this level.

 

The numbers are on the attachment.

Traps, a Beaver presentation to the Minister, salmon stock assessment methodology and an Eel Management Plan this week.    more »

Winter Grayling season about to commence.....   more »

Scale-reading checking & confusion about new Eel fishery proposals so far this week.   more »

A good run of fish up the Gala in warmer water conditions.....   more »

Alien fish species workshops, scale reading and the newsletter so far this week.   more »

On traps duty this week. Gala counter problems, a major fish rescue and a meeting on Beavers with SNH so   more »

An above average October for the Ettrick counter and a huge number up the Gala.   more »

Trapping on the Gala so far this week.   more »

Setting up the Peebles trap so far this week.   more »

Preparations for the Annual Technical Review, the first fish at the Gala trap. a Salmon that didn't have "Red Vent", catch records & stock assessments this week.   more »

The new Gala fish trap gets off to a flying start this autumn......   more »

The Ettrick counter again gave a below average monthly total for September, though not the lowest recorded. However, just under 1200 have gone up from  the 1st of October to date (7th October). Some 600 went up on the 6th of October and around 500 have gone up today (7th). There are a lot of fish below the cauld at present.

The Gala counter had a good total for September, better than last years.#

(Figures are on the attachment)

 

 

Stock assessment meeting with other biologists and the start of the annual technical review process so far this week.   more »

Chance for one rod to fish Carham in one of the best weeks of Tweed's season   more »

Absolute opposition from Scottish Salmon Fishery Boards to any expansion of Beaver introductions in Scotland...   more »

Report writing and flood damage this week.   more »

More electric-fishing machine problems - and laptop that won't start up with a whole day's work on it. Some electric-fishing done though.   more »

Results for the Ettrick and Gala fish counters attached. The Gala counts are matching last years' quite closely, which seems to show that the fish have a particular pattern that repeats each season.

Surveys washed out, so office work mainly.   more »

The RTC quarterly meeting, local students at a fish trap and proposals for montioring access to St. Mary's so far this week.   more »

Two years on, a Sea-trout returns....   more »

Excellent opportunities to catch some Autumn fishing on Tweed still available   more »

Euro budgetting, electric-fishing & access into St. Mary's so far ths week.   more »

More netting cancelled at Paxton for tomorrow, Saturday, 23rd August.   more »