Protecting Wild Salmon and Sea Trout in Transitional and Coastal Waters - Final SAMARCH Project Conference
Join us for the SAMARCH Project's final conference, taking place in Southampton on 14th & 15th March 2023
Migratory salmonid populations have declined drastically in the last four decades. Multiple freshwater factors have been associated with this trend, along with a marked decline in marine survival.
To unravel the reasons for the decreasing marine return rates, leading researchers, like those in the SAlmonid MAnagement Round the CHannel (SAMARCH) Project, led by Missing Salmon Alliance Member, Game Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), have completed detailed studies of the estuarine and marine phase of the salmonids’ life cycle.
The conference will present the results from this research and show how evidence collected by the project has been used to develop tools and inform management and policy guidance to better protect salmonids in estuaries and coastal waters.
Presentations and discussion will take place in the following sessions:
Results from the SAMARCH project
Salmon & Sea Trout Evidence from Tracking and Genetics Research
Refining Salmon Stock Assessments in a Changing Marine Environment
Protecting Wild Salmon and Sea Trout in Transitional & Coastal Waters
Tools for Protecting Salmonids
A conference dinner will be held on the evening of 14th March which is open to all delegates. A fantastic opportunity to meet people working at the forefront of salmon research.
Accommodation: A special room rate (£115 B&B subject to availability) is available for conference delegates at the Leonardo Royal Hotel Southampton Grand Harbour.
SAMARCH is funded by the EU Interreg France (Channel/Manche) England Programme.
As an Alliance of six organisations, we will build on the existing work of our partners and maximise our impact by taking a coordinated approach and vital action in order to halt and reverse the decline of wild Atlantic salmon.
The goal of the Missing Salmon Alliance is to build an evidence-base to influence national and international decision-makers to regulate activities that adversely impact wild Atlantic salmon.
The Missing Salmon Alliance
The MSA is comprised of the following members:
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Atlantic Salmon Trust, the Angling Trust with Fish Legal, The Rivers Trust and Fisheries Management Scotland.
https://www.missingsalmonalliance.org