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Keeping Rivers Cool – New guidance for river managers The Environment Agency have just published comprehensive guidance on creating riparian shading on rivers. The guidance has been produced to support the creation of shade over rivers using riparian trees and vegetation (riparian shade). The focus is on maintaining suitable freshwater habitat for salm...

New 2012 tagged salmon recapture data shows a pattern emerging in Norway NEW FIGURES even before the season's end yesterday show that of 200 salmon released and tagged after capture on the River Gaula below Gaulfossen this season, 30 per cent have been re-caught by anglers. The figure is even more surprising when compared with equivalent data on neighbouring river that f...

Salmon fishery board condemns Usan's fishing extension A fishery board has condemned the Scottish government's decision to extend the season for the country's biggest wild salmon netting company. The Esk District Salmon Fishery Board said giving Usan Salmon Fisheries an additional 14 days to catch fish was "recklessly irresponsible". It has described th...