News Archive (Pre April 2012)

• Can a network of Marine Protected Areas help wild salmon and sea trout in the seas around Wester Ross? (06/02/2012)
• 2011, a record year for multi-sea winter salmon. Why? (02/02/2012)
• Newsletter 27 published (02/02/2012)
• New on-line Angling Diary launched (02/02/2012)
• Dimorphic charr population(s) recorded in the lochs of the River Carron system (17/11/2011)
• Large ferox trout found in a spawning stream in the River Ewe system (16/11/2011)
• Sea trout monitoring around Wester Ross in 2011: initial findings (16/11/2011)
• 2011 WRFT juvenile salmon survey: a mixed picture (16/11/2011)
• Improved catches of early-running MSW salmon in Wester Ross (05/08/2011)
• Unusually wet May and early June improves health of sea trout at sea (14/06/2011)
• Tweed Foundation reclaims RAFTS Challenge Trophy in Wester Ross (28/05/2011)
• WRFT Review May 2011 published (24/05/2011)
• Forthcoming fish and fisheries trust events in Wester Ross (02/05/2011)
• Brown Trout containing partly digested Minnow caught in Sguod system (02/05/2011)
• Smolt migration delayed for second year by drought (02/05/2011)
• Sea trout scale reading workshop (18/02/2011)
• RAFTS Challenge 2011, 27-28 May, Wester Ross (04/02/2011)
• Little Gruinard River Fisheries Management Plan 2011+ (03/02/2011)
• Award for WRFT's Educational Projects (29/12/2010)
• Newsletter 26 Published (16/12/2010)
• Loch Gairloch marine protected area? meeting, 15th December 2010 (16/12/2010)
• Grilse recovery follows summer of sandeels (15/11/2010)
• A salmon swims through it (27/09/2010)
• Opportunities in August for hands-on learning about trout, salmon and other aquatic life (02/08/2010)
• Mekong dams threaten some of the world's largest freshwater fish species (29/07/2010)
• Freshwater mussel survey training course for Trust biologists (18/06/2010)
• Sea trout sampling underway (18/06/2010)
• Wester Ross wins in Wessex (09/06/2010)
• Solving fisheries problems in Wester Ross: to stock or not to stock? (04/06/2010)
• Low water delays downstream migration of smolts, over-wintered sea trout and kelts (04/06/2010)
• Alien seaweed found in Wester Ross (19/05/2010)
• WRFT Review May 2010 Published (17/05/2010)
• Workshop: Trout and Salmon Stocking in Wester Ross: is this the solution to our problems? (28/04/2010)
• WRFT Annual Meeting, 27th May 2010, Poolewe Village Hall (28/04/2010)
• Have you seen a March brown in Wester Ross? (04/03/2010)
• Wester Ross and Lochalsh Bio-security Plan Consultation (04/03/2010)
• Overwintering sea trout recorded in Loch Gairloch (03/02/2010)
• Rediscovering wild herring in the seas around Wester Ross (26/01/2010)
• 'Lever and Mulch' trainees uproot rhododendrons at Inverewe (22/01/2010)
• WRFT update from Gairloch: New Year 2010 (05/01/2010)
• Invasive Non-Native Species are spreading in parts of Wester Ross (04/12/2009)
• North West Highlands Mink Control Project: Update, December 2009 (02/12/2009)
• Salmon eggs incubating for Bruachaig restoration project (27/11/2009)
• BBC Natural World 'Highland Haven' to be broadcast on 3rd December (18/11/2009)
• Salmon spawning imminent (17/11/2009)
• Newsletter 25 (16/11/2009)
• A Revolutionary new method for 'Rhoddy bashing' (19/10/2009)
• Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve (NNR) Plan Consultation (02/10/2009)
• A plan to sort out problem ponticums and other non-native trouble-makers: 2nd draft (02/10/2009)
• How many juvenile salmon can a bouldery riffle support? (02/10/2009)
• Juvenile fish survey 2009: summary (02/10/2009)
• 'The fish just keep coming . . .' (11/09/2009)
• Minnow found in the Little Gruinard River system for first time (28/08/2009)
• Job Vacancy: TWG Regional Development Officer required (28/07/2009)
• Sea trout gorge on sandeels around Wester Ross (10/07/2009)
• Salmon recolonise headwaters of rivers near Glenelg (10/07/2009)
• Wessex wins RAFTS Challenge in Wester Ross (13/06/2009)
• Spring salmon taken in Wester Ross rivers (21/05/2009)
• WRFT Annual Review May 2009 Published (19/05/2009)
• Salmon and sea trout smolts head for the sea (24/04/2009)
• Invitation to Biosecurity Day, Saturday 16th May, NTS Inverewe Gardens (24/04/2009)
• Ecology and management of parasitic sea lice reviewed at Gairloch seminar (24/04/2009)
• Agendas for forthcoming WRFT Sea lice & Sea trout meetings (31/03/2009)
• Ray's bream found washed up in Badachro harbour (13/03/2009)
• WRFT Stillwater Sampling Workshop & RAFTS Challenge, June 12th - 13th 2009 (06/03/2009)
• Marine Seminar & Workshop: 29th May '09, Poolewe (23/02/2009)
• Sea lice review meeting: 16th April '09, Gairloch (23/02/2009)
• WRFT-FWAG workshop outlines opportunities for SRDP supported habitat restoration projects (04/02/2009)
• SRDP Riparian Habitat Improvement Workshop 26th January (13/01/2009)
• Charr conservation and management workshop report (09/01/2009)
• WRFT Fisheries Management Plan 2009+ published (17/12/2008)
• Egg case of Common skate found by Gruinard Bay (15/12/2008)
• Eggs incubating for Bruachaig salmon restoration programme (11/12/2008)
• Dundonnell salmon returns to spawn for third time (11/12/2008)
• Filming salmon for BBC Natural World (11/12/2008)
• Maree charr spawning sites remain elusive (02/12/2008)
• WRFT trustee changes and Newsletter 24 (20/11/2008)
• Rare oceanic fish turns up in Badachro harbour (11/11/2008)
• TWG Sea lice monitoring report for WRFT area in 2008 on-line (22/10/2008)
• Huge salmon caught in the River Ewe (15/10/2008)
• Late grilse run at Tournaig . . . (10/10/2008)
• Have you seen a mink (or a water vole) in Wester Ross? (01/10/2008)
• Dundonnell River (Little Loch Broom) fyke net sea trout sea lice monitoring results (10/09/2008)
• Trap record salmon [PS: a fish farm escapee?] caught at Tournaig (01/09/2008)
• Are these the smallest salmon fry in Wester Ross? (01/09/2008)
• Spot the odd one out... (01/09/2008)
• Midge attack fails to disrupt WRFT fieldworkers (19/08/2008)
• Juvenile cod caught in sweep net sample (08/08/2008)
• Stocking fish without permission is an offence from Aug 1st (21/07/2008)
• Bottlenose dolphins visit WRFT office (18/07/2008)
• Volunteers assist with sample collection for Loch Maree Wild Trout project (18/07/2008)
• Sea trout sampling continues around Wester Ross (18/07/2008)
• WRFT team wins inaugural RAFTS Challenge Trophy (18/06/2008)
• Sea trout sea lice monitoring underway around Wester Ross (18/06/2008)
• Prolific plankton bloom in the seas around Wester Ross (02/06/2008)
• Drought conditions damage fish populations and other wildlife in Wester Ross (02/06/2008)
• WRFT Review May 2008 published (02/06/2008)