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.

Literature Reviews

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

2021

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Closed Containment Salmon Farming

2022

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Riverfly Census Report

2015

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Effects of flow variation on invertebrates and fish in riverine systems

2017

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

2012

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The impact of chlorine and chlorinated compounds in freshwater systems

2017

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Consultation Responses

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

2022

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

2022

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Our response to the consultation on the reintroduction of beavers

2021

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Southern IFCA consultation response

2018

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Our submission to DEFRA on the Agricultural Bill

2018

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Dredging up trouble: a submission to Government's Autumn Statement consultation on flood risk management

2014

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Our response to the Griggs Review

2022

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Our response to the SEPA consultation for managing sea lice interactions between farmed and wild fish 2022

2022

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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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Response to SEPA DZR consultation

2017

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Our response to the Skylight Report paid for by Anglian Water

2022

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Scientific Evidence

SmartRivers Report River Chew

2022

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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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Riverfly Census Results Full Report

2015

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Our complaint to the Office for Environmental Protection

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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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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Sea Lice Summar

2021

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Why new sea lice reporting by salmon farms will do little to improve protection of wild fish

2021

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Sea lice statistics at Loch Duart, Clashnessie Bay

2021

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Post evidence note to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

2018

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NINA Report On The Impacts of Salmon Lice

2018

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Riverfly Census Results

2021

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Chemical Pollution - The Silent Killer of UK Rivers

2022

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Policy Documents

Our submission to DEFRA on the Farming Rules for Water

(2021)

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Time to Fix the Broken Water Sector. Our recommendations to OFWAT

(2021)

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Sewage pollution in English Rivers: A letter to Rebecca Pow MP

(2021)

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Joint Statement on Eurasian Beaver Reintroduction in England and Wales

(2021)

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A Plan of Action for Salmon & Sea Trout in Wales

(2020)

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A Permanent and Sustainable Solution to the Chilterns Chalk Stream Crisis

(2020)

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Our policy on open-net salmon farming

(2021)

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A letter to the Scottish Cabinet Secretary on their review of aquaculture

(2021)

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Editorial as seen in the Herald

(2021)

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Polling Advert as seen in the Herald

(2021)

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Open-net salmon farming in Scotland: A public survey conducted in 2021

(2021)

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The Salmon Interactions Working Group proposals to protect wild salmon and sea trout will not work

(2020)

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Review of the Report from the Salmon Interactions Working Group

(2020)

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A review of the Economic Contribution of Open Cage Salmon Aquaculture to Scotland

(2020)

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An executive summary of the Economic Contribution of Open-Net salmon Farming in Scotland

(2020)

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A Peer Review of the Economic Contribution of Salmon Aquaculture to Scotland

(2020)

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A Peer Review of the Economic Contribution of Salmon Aquaculture to Scotland

(2020)

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Regulations Ultimatum

(2020)

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A briefing for Members of Scottish Parliament for the salmon farming debate

(2019)

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Scottish Government Response Rural Economy and Connectivity Report on salmon farming in Scotland

(2019)

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Our submission to the EU Environmental principles

(2018)

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Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee post legislative scrutiny

(2018)

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Netting complaint to the Commission of the European Communities

(2014)

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S&TCS Campaign and Petition leads to Parliamentary Inquiry into Scottish salmon farming

(2017)

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Petition to Scottish Government

(2016)

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Complaint against United Kingdom for failure to comply with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

(2016)

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What is wrong with Environmental Management Plans?

(2021)

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Doing It's Job?

(2021)

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Further Information and Resources

The SAMARCH Projet International Salmonid Coastal and Marine Telemetry Workshop

(2020)

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Agricultural Pollution: what to watch out for

(2020)

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Briefing Paper: Reintroducing Beavers into the UK

(2017)

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Briefing Paper: Hydropower

(2017)

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Are we fit to frack? Policy recommendation for a robust regulatory framework for the shale gas industry in the UK 2017

(2017)

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The Catch and Release Principle

(2017)

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Agriculture and Us: the facts

(2017)

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Impacts of salmon lice emanating from salmon farms on wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout

(2018)

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Impacts of salmon lice emanating from salmon farms on wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout

(2017)

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Comparison of Scottish East and West coast salmon fisheries

(2016)

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Declining wild fish runs

(2017)

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Aquaculture and environmental drivers of salmon lice infestation and body condition in sea trout

(2017)

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Mixed Stock Netting: The Facts

(2017)

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RSPCA Assured certification of Scottish farmed salmon

(2017)

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The collapse of Loch Maree Sea Trout

(2017)

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