Casting an eye on river health
Our head of fisheries and river management Bruce Stockley talks about fishing in relation to the environment. It’s an obvious fact that country sports need the natural environment to function, but does the environment need country sports? In these times of...
Fishermen and conservation groups in Somerset get together to help elvers migrate up river
Elver fishermen on the River Parrett in Somerset have donated 20,000 elvers from catches to help boost eel populations in the River Huntspill.And we were on hand to help release them (see photo below).With the help of the Somerset Wildlife Trust, the Sustainable Eel...
Next time it rains…
Simon Browning, our Senior Data & Evidence Officer, shares his thoughts with the Western Morning News.As we race around in our cars, effortlessly defying gravity at the touch of an accelerator, it can be easy to lose touch with the subtle slopes of our landscape....
Woodlands – Water – Fisheries Workshop
Reflecting on the wooded nature of the Walkham Catchment, together with its importance as a salmonid fishery and Natural Flood Management (NFM), we held a woodlands, water and fisheries workshop to engage and bring together all relevant stakeholders to exchange...