SAMARCH Newsletter
Read the SAMARCH Project update here
“I would like to welcome you to the first SAlmonid MAnagement Round the CHannel project newsletter. We hope you find it interesting and informative. This is the first in a series of newsletters to inform you about the project, its progress and key events. As the project’s name suggests, SAMARCH aims to deliver effective tools for the better management of salmon and sea trout in the estuaries and coastal waters of the France-England Channel. Populations of salmon are under serious threat, having declined by over 70% in the last 30 years and the numbers that entered our rivers in 2018 and 2019 were the lowest ever recorded. Populations of sea trout are also under pressure and need better protection, particularly at sea when they are vulnerable to capture in commercial fishing nets.”
Dr Celine Artero in a trap on the River Tamar
This first newsletter includes articles by the leaders of each of the project's four work packages, on the aims of their work and progress to date. If you would like further information, please contact Dylan Roberts on droberts@gwct.org.uk or visit the project's website and blog at www.samarch.org.
SAMARCH Sea Trout
As an Alliance of five 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