Document Library

Here you will find the data and evidence that supports our project work. Like everything we do, this is grounded in science and the law.

Project Reports

No capacity, no development

2025

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Reality Gap Report

2025

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SmartRivers Progress Report

2025

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Buying a way out?

2024

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Sewage pollution

2024

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SmartRivers Progress Report

2023

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Breaching the limits

2023

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Responsibly farmed?

2023

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England is not prepared for drought

2023

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Harvesting, sea lice and disease

2022

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Doing its Job

2021

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An economic review of open net salmon farming

2020

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The WildFish Journal

2019

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The SAMARCH Project

2019

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Literature Reviews

The impacts of open-net salmon farming on wild fish and their environment

2021

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River Flow and Abstraction

2025

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The impact of elevated phosphorus inputs on flora and fauna in riverine systems

2017

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Impact of excess fine sediment on invertebrates and fish in riverine systems

2017

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The impact of chlorine and chlorinated compounds in freshwater systems

2017

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Impacts and management of sublethal chemical exposure on freshwater invertebrates and fish

2012

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Consultation Responses

Southern Water Consultation: our letter to Defra

2024

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Southern Water Consultation: our reponse

2024

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Our response to Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project Consultation

2024

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Our response to Government's Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan

2022

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Our response to the River Basin Management Plans

2022

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Our response to Southern IFCAs formal consultation for the net fishing bylaw (summary)

2022

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Our response to the SEPA consultation for managing sea lice interactions between farmed and wild fish

2022

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Our response to the Skylight Report paid for by Anglian Water

2022

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Our response to the Griggs Review

2022

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Our response to Southern IFCA's consultation for the net fishing bylaw (full response)

2022

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Our response to the consultation on the reintroduction of beavers

2021

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Our response to the Salmon Interactions Working Group

2020

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Our response to Southern IFCA consultation

2018

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Our submission to DEFRA on the Agricultural Bill

2018

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Submission of evidence to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

2018

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Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee Post-legislative Scrutiny: Biodiversity and Biodiversity Reporting Duties

2018

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Our response to SEPA DZR consultation

2017

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Our response to the Government's Autumn Statement consultation on flood risk management

2014

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Scientific Evidence

Smartrivers Data Overview

2023

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SmartRivers Report River Chew

2022

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Our complaint to the Office for Environmental Protection

2021

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Sea Lice Summary

2021

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Sea lice statistics at Loch Duart, Clashnessie Bay

2021

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Using high-frequency phosphorus monitoring for water quality management

2019

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Chemical Pollution on the River Wensum

2019

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Riverfly Census Results River Whitewater

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Leven

2018

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Riverfly Census Results Wales

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Eden

2018

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Riverfly Census Result River Lark

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Welland

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Coquet

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Wensum

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Ure

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Dove

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Axe

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Camel

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Lambourn

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Test and Itchen

2018

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Riverfly Census Results River Avon

2018

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Riverfly Census Reporting River Avon

2018

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Riverfly Census Reporting River Avon Fact Sheet

2018

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Environmental Damage Notification: the River Itchen at Alresford

2018

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The benthic growth and macroinvertebrate community species profiling in the Upper River Itchen

2018

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Post evidence note to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

2018

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Latest News

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18.03.25

Not so appealing… Scottish salmon farmers launch legal appeals to undermine SEPA’s weak attempts to control sea lice

Showing their true colours, Scotland's salmon farming companies have just appealed en masse against the Scottish Environment Pr...

18.03.25

WildFish calls for the government to put an end to unsustainable housebuilding where the sewage works and water resources cannot cope

WildFish has released a report entitled “No Capacity; No development” (linked here) which looks at the gulf between planning in...

11.03.25

Why is WildFish worried about the Government’s proposed housebuilding binge?

Our rivers are drained of water and filled with raw sewage. The lack of investment in water resources and sewage treatment has ...

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