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Below is a graph of River Spey Spring Salmon Trends. Catches taken from
eleven individual beats along the length of the river. note the much
higher than average catches in the four beats in the centre during 1994
and 95. A direct result of good fisheries management.
Other people [whose livelihoods depend on the river being open] will argue that spring salmon catches have stayed much and such the same for the past 20 years. Salmon numbers at this time of year have undoubtedly decreased from the heady days of the 50s and 60s, but if angling were making a significant impact on this, what has been for twenty years a tiny stock component, why are there any left at all? Although being cautious [catch and release] cannot do any harm! |
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