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Working to protect wild fish and their waters

Reversing the decline of wild fish populations

WildFish is the only independent charity in the UK campaigning for wild fish and their environment. We receive no government money and rely on the donations of our supporters.

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2022 SmartRivers data highlights excess sediment and chemical pollution as key stressors for over 50 rivers

Today, WildFish has published the key findings from its SmartRivers data collected in 2022 (viewable here). SmartRivers is a volunteer-led project that uses freshwater invertebrates to make inferences about water quality. This report is a…
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Lessons from Iceland

We've been watching recent events unfolding in Iceland with a mixture of hope, optimism – and despair at our own situation sout...
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Winter storms and wildlife – what’s going on beneath the surface?

Winter has well and truly arrived, bringing with it shorter, colder and wetter days. Extreme storms which bring gale-force w...
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Smart Science

Species identification of invertebrates, to a near professional standard, taught to volunteers in just one day.  It can't be...
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Sea Trout: what we know and the challenges to conservation

In early September, the Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM) working in partnership with the Wild Trout Trust and WildFish h...
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WildFish and community groups raise alarm on ‘sustainable’ greenwashing claims made by Scottish salmon farming industry

WildFish Scotland and Coastal Communities Network Scotland submit legal complaint to Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ov...
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WildFish puts OFWAT and the Environment Agency on notice

Formal letters set down what the law requires regulators to do to end unlawful sewage discharges.  The Environment Agency mu...
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The Crisis

Wild fish are facing their biggest challenge. Freshwater is in crisis and rivers are dying. The habit wild fish depend on is being destroyed before our eyes.

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It’s time to take salmon off the menu.

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“The toxic pressures on our waterways have never been greater. Change has to come and WildFish are leading the way”

Matthew Wright