Latest GWCT Fisheries Research Report published

The 2018 GWCT Fisheries Research Report is now online and available to download here.

This comprehensive 24-page document provides a summary of all the research our fisheries team conducted in 2018, including:

• River Frome salmon population
  A. Adult salmon estimate
  B. Estimate of juvenile salmon
  C. Smolt estimate
• Salmon and sea trout at sea
  A. Which are the fastest fish?
  B. Sea trout in the marine environment
• Does capturing and tagging wild salmon smolts affect their survival at sea?
• Impacts of reduced discharge on salmonid ecosystems
• Juvenile salmonid densities and habitat
• Atlantic salmon return rate and smolt length
• Overwinter growth of juvenile salmon
• Scientific publications
• Reward for tagged sea trout