Scottish Field

A study in salmon

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A new phase of research by the Scottish Borders-based Tweed Foundation that aims to investigat­e ways to improve Atlantic Salmon stocks on the River Tweed is underway thanks in part to a £40,000 two-year grant from the Fallago Environmen­t Fund. The study is tagging 220 young migrating salmon, known as smolts, and tracking their progress as they make their way downstream towards the sea at Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Between 1983 and 2016, the numbers of wild Atlantic salmon fell by more than half. tweedfound­ation.org.uk

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