Talk preparation,a visit from the Fishmongers Company and out-competed salmon fry so far this week.   more »

The 2008 Auction provides an opportunity to hook yourself some excellent autumn fishing on Tweed   more »

On traps this week. A Water Framework Directive meeting and a visit to the Holyrood parliament building.   more »

Vistors from the Wye and from the Slaney & Blackwater in Ireland, composing a talk, an interview for TV, a tag recapture in Germany and a drowned snake this week.   more »

Fish counter results 2008 Jan - Apr   more »

Composing talks and decomposing Salmon this week so far.   more »

Office work and smolt traps this week.   more »

Writing in the office. Scales from a 25lb Salmon brought in and a meeting of the North Sea Sea-trout programme commitee.   more »

Mainly in the office this week, working on the Management Manual for the Commissioners. Scales from a Blue Salmon brought in.   more »

Fish tag information is very useful - please report any tags found in the River   more »

Updated Tweed Angling Code Now Available   more »

Results from the 2007 season Log Books are now available and make interesting reading   more »

For the fifth year running the River Tweed Commission have announced encouraging rod catches of salmon.   more »

Fish Counter Results December   more »

December 2007 newsletter available online   more »

November 2007

Ettrick Counter : The November total was below average, though numbers in this month are very variable, ranging from 400 to 3000. The year total will also be below average though the loss of June and July counts means that an exact total is not available. Under normal conditons, 2-400 fish could have been expected in those months, but they were wet this year which might mean more ran than usual.

Gala Counter : The first full year looks as if it will come to about 1600 fish, of which many will be Brown-trout. Seeing this run of Brown-trout coming out of the main channel and in to a tributary to spawn re-inforces the idea that they are migratory too, though within the river rather than going to sea.

The counter file is attached

Ronald N. B. Campbell

Tweed Foundation Biologist

Amazing underwater footage from our 2007 autumn run...   more »

Office work and some news from the traps so far this week.   more »

On trout traps this week.   more »

Ettrick Fish Counter :  The good count for October did not make up for the poor September count (which was half of its average). The low flows that were a problem in September continued through most of October - and in to November as well. The very high numbers being shown as "up" for October on the screen in the Viewing Centre at Philiphaugh were produced by the fact that "Rejected" events are being stored for manual examination due to some software glitches but it was not realised at the time that this meant that they were being added to the "Up" totals on display. A note about this has now been added to the display.

Gala Fish Counter : While an apparently good number of fish were counted over October they were mostly small, at less than 35cms or so and can therefore be regarded as Brown-trout. The Gala was very low over the month and larger fish would have had a struggle even to reach the cauld.

(Counter file is attached)

Ronald N. B. Campbell, Tweed Foundation Biologist

Office work, management manual preparation and checking reports written by James, Kenny and Steven this week, plus a little diversion with the BBC AutumnWatch programme.   more »

Meetings most of this week - Water Framwork Directive, Trustees and the ART in Devon.   more »

A week of meetings.   more »

Goosander and Cormorant count and a liaison visit from the Galloway Fisheries Trust; more Management plan work and a getting a talk on Management plants ready for next week.   more »

On 9^th October in Kelso, Chris Tarrant, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’s question master (and a passionate angler), ...   more »

On fish trap duty this week, though water very low and nothing coming up the burns. More work on the Management Plan contract.   more »

Fish Counter Results for September : (see attachment)

The Ettrick count was well down for this month, at almost exactly half the average, which could be expected due to low water conditions. However, some 1500 then went up in the first four days of October, the most rapid passage we've seen yet, but without any real rise in the water.  This rush of fish also made it easy to do an efficiency check, watching the fish on the video and seeing how many of those going up were actually registered by the counter. This really needs large numbers of fish passing to do properly so these few days were ideal - and gave a 100% result. What may have made the fish get a move on was some cold nights as they also use water temperature as cue to tell them that spawning is coming on. Whatever the reason, it certainly made for good viewing at the Visitor Centre.

The Gala count continued to increase, despite the low flows. Obviously, as this is the first year, there is nothing to compare this year's counts with, nor has there been any long period of high water to really bring fish up.

Ronald N. B. Campbell

Tweed Foundation Biologist

It has come to our attention that there has been an increased prevalence of wild salmon in UK rivers infected with the parasite Anisakis. We are therefore providing this Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidance for   more »

The annual joint RTC & TF meeting, more trap building, replying to the Strategic Framework document, the Wheelieboat Trust auction and news of a 48.5lb Salmon poached in 1986 this week.   more »

Getting the trout traps ready for the new spawning season, drawing up Health and Safety guide sheets & checking thermometers so far this week.   more »

Tagging from the nets yields recapture 8 days later...   more »

Two opportunities to fish for Salmon this autumn courtesy of the Tweed Foundation's annual Auction   more »

Fish Counter Results for August 2007   more »

Electric-fishing takeable trout in the Whiteadder, cleaning the Ettrick counter, checking access into the Slitrig and building trout traps the main items this week.   more »

Netting fish for tagging at Paxton and Brown-trout and Grayling at Walkerburn. A BBC producer and the last Ettrick and Yarrow electric-fishing this week.   more »

An ambitious fund raising evening to raise money for more boats for disabled anglers on Tweed is taking place this October   more »

To coincide with the Bicentenary of the River Tweed Commission, a book has been published tracing its beginnings.....   more »