‘Scotland’ Archives
Shetland Sea Trout Back in Droves
After 20 years of recording terrible catch rates for sea trout, anglers on the Shetland Isles could have been forgiven for giving up hope of catching a sea trout in the Isle's lochs and burns, but two decades of no more than ten sea trout per year were turned on their head in 2007, with a total of 471 caught: nearly 50 times the yearly [...]
Report Claims Salmon Can be Damaged by Construction Noise
The Aberdeen newspaper The Press and Journal reported yesterday that "SALMON could be deafened by the construction noise of the proposed Aberdeen bypass" (in their repot "Salmon at risk from noise, probe told"). The objector to proposed developments in Aberdeen, research biologist Tony Hawkins, claimed that salmon were at significant risk of a [...]
