Author: Emma Sandham

The Missing Salmon Alliance is delighted to welcome two new members, Fisheries Management Scotland and The Rivers Trust. In 2019 a group of conservation-focused organisations came together to drive action and save our wild Atlantic salmon from extinction by combining expertise, coordinating activities and advocating effective management solutions. The three existing organisations, The Atlantic Salmon Trust, the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust,...

Aquatic conservation organisations Fish Legal and Salmon & Trout Conservation (S&TC) have written to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) about on-going pollution of the River Wye and its headwaters and tributaries. Following the publication of NRW’s “planning advice” to Councils on development on or near the River Wye and tributaries, Fish Legal and S&TC have told NRW that they consider the advice defective...

2020 was a formative year with many life changes, losses, challenges and opportunity for celebration and reflection. Working in challenging conditions during lockdowns in a small flat in London reinforced just how much I adore my business and my clients as it was predominantly a positive focus. We are there to serve our clients and that was never put to the test more...

A new free virtual series for 2021 – Orvis UK is delighted to launch ‘Fish in the Reads’ this February, taking place fortnightly until March. Orvis UK, world-renowned fly fishing and outdoor apparel brand, aims to connect booklovers and fishing enthusiasts with the authors behind some of the most creative and well-known books in the industry with this new virtual series. The...

To coincide with World Fish Migration Day, the Missing Salmon Alliance (MSA) today launches its new website, detailing the Likely Suspects Framework as the organisation’s flagship project. October 24th, 2020 marks World Fish Migration Day, a one-day global celebration to create awareness on the importance of free-flowing rivers and migratory fish, such as Atlantic salmon. The MSA is a collective of passionate...

You’ve been in the job nearly a year, what were your initial thoughts of how the Trust was being run before and after you took over? (not Covid). The Trust had done some really positive things over the past decade and what immediately occurred to me was that we can do more to educate and inform anglers of the brilliant work being...

The first ever Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival took place from Friday 4th September to Sunday 6th September 2020 in Chichester, with 60 angler’s taking part in the opening festival. The fishing marks across Chichester, Hayling and Thorny Island provided perfect weather and excellent fishing for more than 60 rods. With bass, mullet, garfish, mackerel and even a dover sole landed...

The British Game Alliance (BGA) has partnered with London-based, Scottish restaurant and butcher Mac & Wild to create Grouse Cooking Kits, available to order from 12th August. Each Cooking Kit will include a brace of Grouse, sourced from BGA registered processor Ardgay Game in Scotland, to celebrate the Scottish heritage of the bird in harmony with Mac & Wild’s ethos as a...