Wye & Usk Foundation News Update Annual Meeting, Friday 24th October at 6.30pm We do hope you can make it to our Annual Meeting on Friday at the Three Counties Hotel in Hereford. While we can communicate and explain what we are doing in newsletters, e-news and via the website, nothing beats face to face presentations and site visits. Of great importance to both rivers, owners and anglers are the changes to the abstraction licences and how water will in the future be managed more effectively to the benefit of migrating salmon and other species of fish. We are finishing the largest fish pass that WUF has ever undertaken on the Lugg as I write. This will allow fish to ascend well up river and re-populate the relatively 'empty' (of salmon) habitat upstream. It will also benefit the Lugg and Arrow's trout stocks. The farm pollution work is working! We need to tell you how and also what we plan for the future. The Nick Brabner Autumn River Walk is on Sunday 23rd November. There will be buses from Talgarth car park to both the Wye and Usk to see fish spawning, ascending weirs & fish passes and the work WUF has been carrying out. For both events, please contact 01874 712 074 or admin@wyeuskfoundation.org All the best from WUF. Our Annual Meeting is where we tell you what we've been doing during the past year, where we've been doing it, and (below), with what results. Electro fishing: monitoring the results  Shouldn't comment on this really but there is plenty of empty habitat without this work on the Lugg. the things that's missing is of course fish. Still the farm pollution plan is working - well of course it is.!

        

Atlantic Salmon Federation News    Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014

ASF RIVERNOTES - An update on fall runs and a consideration of binoculars for salmon fishing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The latest ASF RIVERNOTES has an update on Margaree fishing, plus interesting salmon numbers for a couple of New Brunswick rivers, and a feature on compact binoculars for that salmon fishing kit. http://atlanticsalmonfederation.org/rivernotes/ ASF's Photo Contest for "In the Water" Live Release The contest deadline of Oct. 31 is coming right up, so see details for sending along any last entries. http://asf.ca/asf-live-release-photo-contast.html Research Blog Update - The rain upsets plans http://asf.ca/research-in-the-field.html Cobequid Salmon Association Continues to Restore Rivers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With the help of federal funding, this organization is continuing its river restoration work. http://asf.ca/salmon-assoc-continues-river-work-with-federal-support.html Awards for ASF Regional Directors  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two ASF Regional Directors have recently received awards for their work; John Burrows in Maine, Lewis Hinks in Nova Scotia. http://asf.ca/awards-for-asf-regional-directors.html Salmon Restoration Money Goes to Fundy Park and Cooke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF's Jon Carr points out need for better understanding of mortality at sea. http://asf.ca/parks-canada-partners-with-cooke.html Selling Wild Salmon Down the River ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The New Brunswick Conservation Council and Friends of the Earth have released their comments on proposed changes to aquaculture regulation regarding pesticide use and the buildup of wastes by open net-pen aquaculture http://asf.ca/selling-wild-salmon-down-the-river.html