Tag: Salmon & Trout Conservation

Salmon & Trout Conservation will become WildFish in July

To protect wild fish in the future, we need to be more robust, focussed and uncompromising. Our new name and identity set out to do this.

  Wild fish populations are collapsing. We destroy their freshwater habitats faster than anything else. Most of our rivers fail to reach ecological targets. Open-net salmon farming is ravaging wild salmon and sea trout. All fish are threatened by sewage, agricultural pollution, over-abstraction and barriers to migration. To protect wild fish in the future, we […]

Launching Soon: S&TC’s Online Auction

Our annual auction is now open to you for registration, with bidding beginning on Friday 4th September. 

Dear Members, supporters and friends, Our annual auction is now open to you for registration, with bidding beginning on Friday 4th September.  We have gathered nearly 150 lots with a guide price of over £60,000. With plenty of promotion and enthusiastic bidding we hope to raise much more than this. Because of uncertainity arising from Covid-19 our fundraising activties are entirely […]

Anne Voss-Bark Memorial Award 2020

Set up by Salmon & Trout Conservation in collaboration with the Arundel Arms, the Anne Voss-Bark Memorial Award offers students an unbeatable opportunity to study the practical elements of river restoration and management.

Set up by Salmon & Trout Conservation in collaboration with the Arundel Arms, the Anne Voss-Bark Memorial Award offers students an unbeatable opportunity to study the practical elements of river restoration and management.     What is the Anne Voss-Bark Memorial Award? The Anne Voss-Bark Memorial Award 2020 offers students: • One week work experience […]

Milestone Salmon & Trout Conservation study reveals massive pollution

Milestone Salmon & Trout Conservation study reveals pollution.

Pollution from agriculture, sewage-treatment works, septic tanks and chemicals from many sources is killing the UK rivers. “It is an often-overlooked fact that invertebrates essentially run our planet. They make up the majority of species on earth and sustain all life. Aquatic insects are invaluable in unlocking the true story of water quality in our rivers. […]

Prix Charles Ritz Award 2019 is now open!

The Fario Club, London, with assistance from Salmon & Trout Conservation, have this year launched the Prix Charles Ritz award for England and Wales, to honour projects here helping to preserve our rivers for future generations.

Prix Charles Ritz Award 2019 celebrates river conservation in England and Wales The Fario Club, London, with assistance from Salmon & Trout Conservation, have this year launched the Prix Charles Ritz award for England and Wales, to honour projects here helping to preserve our rivers for future generations. Find out more Recognising environmental initiatives on the […]