Conditions still pretty good though the canoe armada's are making any realistic daytime fishing pretty impossiblein many areas..  Just the odd fish reported but pretty disappointing on the whole I must say.To stop anyone else asking me again "Where are all the fish" well I don't know is the answer.

I see WUF have now deleted the two fish they reported from Backney -again!  Result.

Latest;
 Goodrich Court: 23lb on a fly for Roberto Fraga
 Wyesham: 11 1/2 lbs from Island stream on fly. Fish seen moving through 
 Glanwye: 11lbs fish for Chris Morley, Barn Pool on fly

Land based enclosed salmon farms seem to be more in the news these days and are a much safer alternative that the current sea lice/disease ridden sea cages.  Seem to remember over a decade ago Tony Chatterley (Fish Farmer/fishery manager) was advocating and trying to get such a system up and running.  What goes around comes around.

Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Friday, May 2, 2014 Land-based salmon farming is here - with no escaping or diseased fish affecting wild salmon runs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week ASF hosted an international conference bringing together nearly 90 experts on land-based closed containment aquaculture. This special edition ASFWebworks gives you the opportunity to explore the great progress now being made. Browse through blog entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With so much detail available, 18 separate blog posts were written, and can be browsed for specific topics. The latest blogs are at the top of the first page. Explore the posts: http://asf.ca/blog_1.html BC First Nation is first to raise salmon on land commercially - and send it to market ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chief Bill Cranmer describes the exciting story of KUTERRA brand salmon, now selling in supermarkets in BC's Lower Mainland and elsewhere. http://asf.ca/bc-first-nation-opens-land-based-fish-farm.html Does the first success story have lessons for Atlantic Canada? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consumers are willing to pay a premium for salmon raised sustainably, and with low impact on the environment. Are there implications for Atlantic Canada? http://asf.ca/west-coast-first-nation-raises-salmon-on-land.html Land-based Aquaculture does away with sea lice and ISA problems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Growing on land, in ultra-clean tank environments, the problems of parasites and disease virtually eliminate the need for antibiotics and other interventions. Read more: http://asf.ca/atlantic-salmon-can-be-farmed-on-land.html From Newfoundland to Alert Bay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beginning at 16:03 min. of the NL Fishing Broadcast is an interview from a NL perspective with the manager of the KUTERRA project, describing the bringing to market of these land-based salmon. http://asf.ca/bc-company-brings-first-land-raised-salmon-to-market.html Land-based is the future of salmon farming say conference participants ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those taking part in the international conference hosted by ASF give their perspectives on the goals of the meeting, and the future of land-based salmon-farming. http://asf.ca/land-based-salmon-the-future-of-fish.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To keep track of breaking news on wild Atlantic salmon, use the Atlantic Salmon Federation's presence on Facebook. Log in, search for Atlantic Salmon Federation, and click "like". ASF's Webworks is an updating service on the world of the wild Atlantic salmon. If you wish to be added or removed from the list, see below.