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The Deveron, Bogie and Isla Rivers Charitable Trust will be holding the second Deveron Fishing Festival in April/May with anglers invited to visit and fish on Deveronside, along side some of their favourite trade manufacturers, who will be hosting a selection of the festival beats. … Continue reading →

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Hatchery raised salmon are overwhelming populations of wild-raised Salmon in some of California’s rivers, masking the fact that too few wild fish are returning to sustain a natural population in the river. “We expected to find hatchery fish, but the … Continue reading →

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The River Cree District Salmon Fishery Board has issued a new Conservation Code in the interests of conserving salmon and sea trout stocks in Galloway’s most prolific river. Jamie Hyslop, Chairman of the Board, explained: “Many of the Cree’s beats … Continue reading →

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Fishing on the River Moriston got off to a cold start on the 16th January with freezing temperatures making the hearty lunch provided by Annie Girvan and her team more than welcome for the brave party of enthusiast who turned … Continue reading →

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A blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore renewables developments was published today. The report, prepared by a task force comprising Marine Scotland, environmental regulators, renewable developers and The Crown Estate, was welcomed by Alex Salmond as … Continue reading →

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A consultation on a Hydro Nation Strategy and a Water Resources Bill has been launched aimed at cementing Scotland’s global reputation as a country with a dynamic, world class, water industry. The proposed Bill places a duty on Ministers to … Continue reading →

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With the salmon fishing season about to commence on all of Grampian’s rivers over the next few weeks, a new initiative has been launched to raise awareness of the potential impact of wildlife crime on the region’s waterways. The initiative … Continue reading →

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The start of the 2012 salmon fishing season on the River Dee will be celebrated on Wednesday February 1st with an official opening ceremony on the riverbank by Potarch Bridge. Actor, writer, comedian and regular Dee fisher Paul Whitehouse will … Continue reading →

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Netting for salmon around the coast of Northern Ireland could be having a potentially serious effect on the breeding population. Describing the continued exploitation of salmon as “untenable”, Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Caral Ni Chuilin, has already asked for … Continue reading →

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Steve Lomas, Manager of St Johnstone FC and former Manchester City, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Northern Ireland midfielder, opened the salmon fishing season on the Tay at Dunkeld House today. A ceremony, organised by the Dunkeld and … Continue reading →

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