Charters

a quarterly update on some of the fisheries work undertaken by the Environment Agency and other partners including the Rivers Trusts, within Wessex and Devon & Cornwall
Investigations on the Biss and Frome
Mike Blackmore of the Wild Trout Trust has been investigating the River Biss, Wiltshire and Bristol Frome to try to understand why the fish populations (especially the brown trout) are failing under the Water Framework Directive (WFD)
Retyn bridge works help fish passage
Emergency works by Cornwall Council were required to repair a seriously undermined bridge at Retyn on the River Gannel, which had to be closed to traffic. With a swift turnaround, we helped guide the emergency bridge repairs at Retyn to include improvements to aid upstream passage for sea trout and brown trout using a rock ramp, and for eels by installing a sloping ramp of eel tiles.
Braunton Burrows eel pass installed
Fish rescue on the River Kenn

Understanding Undulates - using angling records to learn more about Undulate Ray populations

The Shark Trust has long acknowledged sea-anglers are in a unique position to record a range of information on shark, skate and ray populations. With this in mind the Trust is asking anglers to open up their catch logs and share information on Undulate Ray catches on the southern and southwest coasts of England and Wales over the years.

PhD project “Assessment of adaptive genetic variation for management and conservation purpose of European Grayling”

Sampling Rivers:   Hampshire Avon, Wylye, Yorkshire Derwent, Ure, Pickering Beck, Dee, Irfon, Severn, Wye, Clyde, Eden, Itchen, Aire and River Dove

I have started to work on my PhD project “Assessment of adaptive genetic variation for management and conservation of European Grayling”, jointly funded by Manchester University and the Grayling Research Trust, last year in September.