Record salmon rod catches, but lean times ahead scientists warn
IT IS bewildering to have to digest the variety of conflicting reports on the status of Scotland’s Atlantic salmon population in recent weeks.
Continue ReadingChapter 13 – Lies, Damned Lies, and Catch Returns
IN THE latest instalment of Not Exactly Fishing, Gordon Mack ponders the values of catch returns and makes his own analysis of a week’s fishing this summer in South Uist.
Continue ReadingWild salmon campaigners launch new websites
THREE new websites launched recently by the salmon and sea trout angling lobby are worth bookmarking. While the general objectives of the sites are not identical, there is a common topic which is clear – the ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the risks of untrammeled expansion of inshore salmon farming to wild migratory fish….
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