Interesting results from the WSA water monitoring project.

On behalf of WSA Project Team 

Link to data report: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z7bseo5m9sh6tzf/Monitoring%20Results%202017_8.pdf?dl=0

Please help to protect our valuable salmon stock

Currently water temperatures in the river Wye are being recorded in the region of 23 to 24⁰C and are likely to be causing adult salmon considerable stress. Under the circumstances hooking, playing and landing fish will cause more harm and result in failure to spawn later in year, or even death. We ask you, our members, to cease fishing for salmon whilst current weather and water conditions prevail.

Regards

Stuart Smith

For and on behalf of Wye Salmon Association.

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Following the recent rounds of LFGs around Wales, we have placed all the papers on our web site, under the Fisheries pages.

This will allow you to download and share them more easily. It’s our intention that these will be updated every 6 months or so.

These can be found at http://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/business-sectors/fisheries/local-fishery-groups/?lang=en or http://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/business-sectors/fisheries/local-fishery-groups/?lang=cy

Last week we issued a press release  urging the release of all salmon. The request comes as the latest assessments (See LFG papers) confirm stocks of these iconic fish continue to face severe challenges, early indications are that there are few fish in our rivers this year. Every released fish has a chance of helping secure stocks for the future.

What is really encouraging is that the majority of anglers are already voluntarily releasing the fish they catch, but we feel the situation is now so serious for salmon that we need all anglers to play their part.  In 2017 whilst some 86% of salmon were released, there were still 15% of angers in Wales that didn’t return any of the salmon they caught.

The latest salmon and sea trout assessment reports and an updated catch and release good practice guide can be found on the NRW website.

We would be grateful if you can share the good practice guides I sent you previously and also consider placing copies on your own web sites.