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2025 Fisheries Monitoring

by Freya Stacey | Apr 2, 2026

By the end of September, our dedicated team surveyed 370 sites across 20 catchments, gathering vital data to help protect and restore our rivers. Thanks to the South West Water WINEP fisheries monitoring contract, we expanded our reach to new catchments –...

New project to help fish passage on the River Camel

by Laurence Couldrick | Aug 31, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Westcountry Rivers Trust has been awarded €15,000 from the Open Rivers Programme to deliver a new project within the River Camel in Cornwall. The project will help to restore natural river function, including improving river flow and...

It’s the ‘fin’ale for a successful fish passage project in Cornwall.

by Josie | Jun 27, 2023

FISH habitat has been improved on two rivers in Cornwall through a six-year, multi-million-pound project between environment-related organisations. Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT), The Environment Agency and Natural England began the Water for Growth (W4G) project in...

Phosphate trading scheme launches in Camel catchment

by Josie | Mar 16, 2023

We are supporting Cornwall Council’s call for landowners in the Camel catchment to help offset new housing development phosphate levels. The council’s phosphate trading scheme will address the levels of phosphates in the Camel Special Area of Conservation (SAC),...

Salmon and trout on the De Lank

by Laurence Couldrick | Apr 23, 2021

TROUT in a tributary of the River Camel could receive special protection according to our research. We have been working with partners through the UK and EU-funded Water for Growth project to improve the situation for salmon and trout on the river since 2017. Two...

Keybridge weir removal a success

by Josie | Dec 15, 2020

Our Fisheries and River Ops teams, working under the ERDF-funded Water for Growth partnership, have been working along the river Camel to ensure its Natural Capital of salmon and trout can swim it successfully. The Camel Vision aims to re-naturalise the river, one of...