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		<title>Deveron, Bogie &amp; Isla Rivers Charitable Trust win Scottish Thistle Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Deveron, Bogie &#38; Isla Rivers Charitable Trust have won a Scottish Thistle Award in the category of SNH Best Nature Based Experience Award (North East &#38; Tayside). This prestigious award was won for the Deveron Fishing Festival and Biosecurity &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/deveron-bogie-isla-rivers-charitable-trust-win-scottish-thistle-award/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News from the States on hatchery salmon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An international conservation organization based in Portland, Ore., said today (May 14) there is mounting evidence that salmon raised in hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat. The concerns voiced by the Wild Salmon Center are &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/wild-salmon-center-studies-suggest-growing-risks-from-hatchery-fish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tweed &#8211; Trout Open Day &#8211; Peebleshire TFA &amp; Trout/Grayling Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Peeblesshire Trout Fishing Association and the Tweed Trout &#38; Grayling Initiative will be holding a free fly fishing open day on the Association’s water during 2012. The date set for the day is Saturday 2nd June. The aim of &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/tweed-trout-open-day-peebleshire-tfa-troutgrayling-initiative/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fish take precedence in innovative new flow regimes for hydro-river</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 07:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an unprecedented move, the pattern of water flows in Argyll’s biggest river, the Awe, which has been harnessed for hydro since the late 1950s, has been fundamentally revised with the aim of improving fish spawning opportunities and juvenile fish &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/fish-take-precedence-in-innovative-new-flow-regimes-for-hydro-river/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Salmon Board deplores unilateral decision by Lochaber salmon netsman to walk away from important conservation agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 07:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lochaber District Salmon Fishery Board (LDSFB) is condemning the actions of one local salmon netsman who has unilaterally terminated a conservation agreement in order to kill scarce spring salmon. In 2009 a historic conservation agreement, brokered by LDSFB, was &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/salmon-board-deplores-unilateral-decision-by-lochaber-salmon-netsman-to-walk-away-from-important-conservation-agreement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deal lets salmon leap to breeding grounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 18:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tradition of net fishing dating back hundreds of years has been brought to a close after a salmon conservation group backed by Paul Volcker, the former Fed chairman, bought out the rights of the last remaining netsmen in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/deal-lets-salmon-leap-to-breeding-grounds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Polluters face on-the-spot fines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 18:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND’S environmental watchdog could gain the power to hand out spot fines of up to £40,000 for green crimes under a planned clampdown on polluters. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) currently has to refer any alleged breaches to procurators &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/polluters-face-on-the-spot-fines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Call for law change to rein in expansion of salmon netting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Salmon Fishery Boards (ASFB) is advocating that a new right of pre-emption on the sale of any salmon netting rights – in favour of the relevant local District Salmon Fishery Board – be included in the forthcoming &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/call-for-law-change-to-rein-in-expansion-of-salmon-netting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Trout Get-together: 2/3 June, Cumbria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wild Trout Trust Annual Get-Together on the Eden will take place on 2 &#38; 3 June 2012 at the Tufton Arms Hotel, Appleby, Cumbria. The programme &#38; booking form may be downloaded by clicking on the image above. This promises &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/wild-trout-get-together-23-june-cumbria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Enterprise Demonstration Day &#8211; Finzean, Deeside, 15 May</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This event, sponsored by Bell Ingram, will look at Customer Care within the tourism sector, providing useful information on what additional and unique services may be apt for you to offer enhancing your clients’ experience, thus ensuring repeat visits and &#8230; <a href="http://www.rafts.org.uk/rural-enterprise-demonstration-day-finzean-deeside-15-may/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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