Click here for the Pacific Pink Salmon Guidance-> Check Out the Pink Salmon Map to See if there are any Near You-> View where the Red Skin Disease has spread to-> Have you found any escapee Salmon? Report them too more »
What Happened? Following storm damage and subsequent escape of nearly 50,000 adult salmon from Carradale North Salmon Farm last week, the Clyde River Foundation is part of a consortium attempting to protect our wild fisheries from damage caused by the more »
Our fieldwork has demonstrated that a fish pass installed on the Gotter Water, Inverclyde allowed salmon to breed upstream of the weir in Quarrier’s Village for the first time in 120 years. The pass was completed in December 2019 and more »
Salmon Recolonising the Avon Water, South Lanarkshire The Clyde River Foundation’s programme of electrofishing surveys in 2019 included a targeted survey for salmon in the Avon Water, following the full restoration of the fish pass at Millheugh Weir, Larkhall. Two more »
Here is the fabulous video from St Bartholomew’s Primary School which won the competition this year! They spent their prize day at their local river for #OutdoorClassroomDay! We were so impressed with all of the incredible entries, thanks to everyone more »
Now that summer has ofFISHially began, our exciting project ‘Fish in Schools’ (FinS) has been successfully completed. All 15 schools involved in this project have done a brilliant job looking after their brown trout, learning about our native species and more »
More than 370 children from the Glasgow area have attended a launch day at Glasgow Science Centre to mark the beginning of their project caring for brown trout. Thanks to the support of the Greggs Foundation “Fish in Schools” (FinS) more »
A copy of the final report from the Pink Salmon Workshop is available here. Source: Ness DSFB
We were very excited to win the #GreenerwithGreggs photo competition with our picture of pupils sampling for invertebrates in the Salmon homecoming project! ANNOUNCING: #GreenerwithGreggs Winner:the award of £250 from @GreggsCharity for the most active, energetic and colourful update is more »
Recently captures of non-native Pink Salmon have been reported in Scotland. These fish are thought to have come from rivers in northern Norway/Russia. A link to the advice note from Fisheries Management Scotland is provided, with further information on identification more »
Today we’re delighted to bring you a blog post from Paul Fraser, our MSci Marine and Freshwater Biology placement student, about Scotland to Sargasso – an eel education project that he is delivering in four local primary schools. Paul, Dr more »
We received lots of amazing and inspiring entries for the Fish in Schools competition and invite you to check them all out below. During Fish in Schools, pupils learned about their local rivers and some of the challenges they face more »
The Fish in Schools competition is now open! Details have been emailed out to all our project contacts and there is a copy of the flyer below. Please take care to upload your entries by following the instructions provided. We can’t wait to more »
The Salmon Homecoming ‘Design a Fish Pass’ competition is now open! Details have been emailed out to all our project contacts and there is a copy of the flyer below. Please take care to upload your entries following the instructions provided. We more »
After weeks of dedication and meticulous hatchery care, our Fish in Schools participants are saying farewell to brown trout they have raised from eggs to fry. Over the project pupils have learned about brown trout life cycles, ecology and protecting more »
Almost 500 primary school children from across the Avon Valley are taking to the Avon Water and its tributaries this month to set free young fish that they have raised in school. Children from 21 Primary Schools are participating in more »
Pupils, parents and staff at St Vincent’s Primary joined forces to improve their neighbourhood with a clean-up of the Auldhouse Burn ahead of the Fish in Schools fish release day. The burn, which runs directly under the school and through more »
We’ve had a great time visiting our Fish in Schools classes each week as they raise their brown trout. Our visiting scientist sessions provide an opportunity for questions and discussion of topics ranging from fish biology to environmental stewardship, and allows children more »
Delighted to say that Fish in Schools got off to a flying start with the launch event at Glasgow Science Centre. Some schools have already received their hatcheries and are experimenting with temperature control. More updates to follow and be sure more »
Almost 500 schoolchildren from across the Avon Valley have embarked on an exciting new education project that will celebrate the return of the iconic Atlantic salmon to their local river, the Avon Water. The ‘Salmon Homecoming’ project is supported by more »
The Clyde River Foundation celebrated a major milestone last week as we welcomed the 25,000th pupil to date to the project. The 17th season of the project was launched in partnership with Glasgow Science Centre between Wednesday 11th and Friday 13th January. more »
In this video from the National Crayfish Conference, Prof. Jon Grey of the Wild Trout Trust provides a round-up of research surrounding the impacts of invasive crayfish on fish.
Today the Clyde River Foundation completed a fish rescue on the Brock Burn (East Renfrewshire) as part of a programme of works by Scottish Water. A £120m investment to improve the drinking water network for people in parts of East Renfrewshire more »
Last Sunday, 17th July, New Glasgow Society hosted ‘Clyde: Celebrated Past, Debatable Present, Wide-Open Future’ as part of the Architecture Fringe 2016. Held in the beautiful West Boathouse at Glasgow Green, this public event comprised talks from representatives of Lost Glasgow and more »
We are now booking for Clyde in the Classroom 2017 and would love to have you on board! This project summary outlines the basics but please get in touch if there’s anything else you’d like to know. Please note places are more »
A slightly overdue welcome to Paul Fraser who joined the Clyde River Foundation team in June for a placement year as part of his MSci degree in Marine and Freshwater Biology at the University of Glasgow. Paul will gain experience in a range more »
Spring 2015 saw the launch of the Salmon and Trout Conservation UK Riverfly Census. This involved taking invertebrate samples from five sites from each of the selected 12 rivers. The rivers being deliberately chosen based upon geographic and geological diversification. more »
This Sunday, 17th July, New Glasgow Society is hosting discussions around the River Clyde’s past, present and future. A range of stakeholders, including the Clyde River Foundation will be present and all are invited to attend. Please see below and the more »
Registration for the 4th National Riverfly Partnership Conference ‘Riverfly Monitoring and Beyond’ in the Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum, London on Thursday 17th November 2016, is now open. The conference will bring together organisations and individuals participating in the Riverfly more »
The Riverfly Partnership is excited to launch its 2016 national photography competition more »
It’s Volunteers’ Week and we’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has volunteered with the Clyde River Foundation over the years, supporting many aspects of our work from education to electrofishing. We got in touch with Neil Robins (SEPA) who volunteered more »
We’d like to say a very big thank you to the Lamington & District Angling Improvement Association (www.lamingtonfishing.co.uk) who got in touch recently because they were keen for us to do some work with the school and local community on more »
A very informative update from the ARMI coordinator Ben Fitch, download the Pdf to read all the recent news and developments.
A recent article about riverfly monitoring published in Volume 19 of SALMO TRUTTA (The annual journal of the Wild Trout Trust) Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Only 4 days to go until the Clyde Salmon Homecoming Conference on World Fish Migration Day, Saturday 21st May, so we thought we’d share a profile on our very own Dr Willie Yeomans, Catchment Manager for the Clyde River Foundation: In more »
Just over a week to go for the Clyde Salmon Homecoming Conference on Saturday 21st May (World Fish Migration Day)! Today we’d like to shine a light on Paul Reid who is the Director of the River Clyde Fishery Management Trust, Secretary more »
Excited to be taking part in this Wildlife Crafts Fair at the The Concrete Garden for Voluntary Arts Week! The event is on Saturday 14th May and is being organised by Froglife. There’ll be a whole load of different art more »
Less than 4 weeks to go for our Clyde Salmon Homecoming Conference and we are delighted to introduce another of our speakers! Today’s focus is on Karen Dobbins of the Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership: Karen Dobbins is a Development Officer with more »
This week we launched into the second phase of ‘Rediscovering the Douglas Water‘, a project involving Coalburn, Douglas & Rigside Primary Schools. Yesterday we were in Douglas with primaries 1-3, trying out some new material which went down really well more »
In the run-up to our Clyde Salmon Homecoming Conference on Saturday 21st May we’ll be posting a profile for each guest speaker. Today’s focus is on Dr Phil McGinnity (School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork): Dr McGinnity has been working in more »
In the run-up to our Clyde Salmon Homecoming Conference on Saturday 21st May we’ll be posting a profile for each guest speaker. First up is Professor Neil Metcalfe (Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow): Prof. Neil Metcalfe more »
In just over 7 weeks we’ll be celebrating World Fish Migration Day with our Clyde Salmon Homecoming Conference. The conference is aimed at anyone with an interest in salmon biology, fishery management or in the ecology of the Clyde system. Please see more »
The Clyde River Foundation (CRF) is a registered Scottish charity which researches the ecology of the Clyde and its tributaries and promotes community engagement and environmental education throughout the catchment. The Foundation receives no core funding and has no statutory more »
The return of the iconic Atlantic salmon to the River Clyde is possibly the biggest good-news story in freshwater biology. On World Fish Migration Day 21st May 2016, the Clyde River Foundation is holding a one-day conference entitled ‘Clyde Salmon more »
The Clyde River Foundation hosted it’s 4th Caring for the Clyde meeting yesterday celebrating three years of Citizen Science in the River Clyde catchment. Over fifty delegates gathered to hear talks from a variety of guest speakers. CRIMP coordinator Lesley Deans, Clyde River Foundation, opened more »
On Saturday 27th February ‘Caring for the Clyde’ will celebrate 3 years of citizen science in the River Clyde catchment. In the run-up to the event we’ll be highlighting some of the great groups involved in our biggest citizen science more »
Please consider voting for us in the Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund to help us bring our Flying Fish project to children in Drumchapel! Flying Fish is an eco-education project aimed at Primary 6 pupils in communities near Glasgow Airport. To more »
On Saturday 27th February ‘Caring for the Clyde’ will celebrate 3 years of citizen science in the River Clyde catchment. In the run-up to the event we’ll be highlighting some of the great groups involved in our biggest citizen science more »
On Saturday 27th February ‘Caring for the Clyde’ will celebrate 3 years of citizen science in the River Clyde catchment. In the run-up to the event we’ll be highlighting some of the great groups involved in our biggest citizen science more »
Up to 35km of spawning habitat is to be opened up to migratory fish on the Avon Water, a major tributary of the River Clyde, through barrier easement at the Ferniegair and Millheugh Weirs. The initiative is a result of the Avon more »