Nothing much to report apart from a 10lb fish from Wyesham's viaduct pool.?

Don't forget this weekend will see mayhem around Hereford as its the Annual River 'Festival' with raft race and all the rest that goes with it so steer well clear unless you fish very early or late. Even then prospects look very limited with only really the very bottom river which has any realistic prospects.
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See below. The spawning bed exercise on the Rennies river is particularly interesting.
Could well be a solution to the Elan river, once one of our best and most stable spawning streams but for some reason sadly neglected despite promises otherwise.

Atlantic Salmon Federation News    Friday, Aug. 22, 2014

ASF Rivernotes - An Interesting  August ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF Rivernotes is finding interesting patterns of salmon returns unfolding. Also special reports from Ungava Bay and elsewhere. http://atlanticsalmonfederation.org/rivernotes/ ASF Research Blog Update - Time to check out the juvenile salmon ASF researchers are electrofishing, and a Dalhousie student ends her summer work with ASF. http://asf.ca/research-in-the-field.html Ombudsman Says NB Water Classification Legislation Useless ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a result of a question posed by the Nashwaak River Assoc., a searing report has been produced showing that the NB Government has not followed through with water protection. You can also download the report. http://asf.ca/nb-ombudsman-says-waterway-legislation-useless.html Outer Bay of Fundy Documents Now Available       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ASF's oBoF Species at Risk page you can now download DFO's Recovery Potential Assessment document, and a Summary of Socio-Economic Impacts. These rivers include the Saint John and those to the west, as far as the St. Croix. Aquaculture is mentioned as a major threat. This is now the public input period, so your views can be heard. http://asf.ca/outer-bay-of-fundy-salmon-consultation-under-sara.html Spawning Bed Rehabilitation on the Rennies River in NL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An interesting project has reached completion on the Rennies River in NL. Read more. http://asf.ca/completion-of-spawning-bed-project-on-rennies-river.html NL Undertakes Independent Fracking Revew ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many remain concerned about the impact of fracking waste on water tables, and waterways eventually. NL is stepping back from fracking, to learn more. http://asf.ca/nl-undertakes-fracking-independent-review.html Fish Kill in PEI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nother episode of fish kill, in the North River. http://asf.ca/salmon-found-dead-in-pei-s-north-river.html UK Salmon Organization Calls for New Limits on Salmon Exploitation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Salmon returns are greatly depressed this year in Scotland, and a call has been made to institute further conservation measures. http://asf.ca/uk-s-salmon-and-trout-association-calls-for-new-limits-on-s.html

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