A fisheries management plan for the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders

The River Tweed (Figs 1-4) is, in rod-catch terms, the second most importantriver in Britain for Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., with an annual rod catch ofca. 10,000 fish, and also supports a now much reduced salmon-net fishery in itsestuary (illustrated on the Front Cover of this volume) and aroun...

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Main Author: Ronald Campbell
Language:English
Published: Freshwater Biological Assoication 2010
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spelling ftfbaojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/222 2023-05-15T15:30:49+02:00 A fisheries management plan for the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders Ronald Campbell River Tweed; Scotland 2010-05-14 application/pdf https://www.fba.org.uk/journals/index.php/FF/article/view/222 en eng Freshwater Biological Assoication Transfer of copyright agreement Submission of a manuscript indicates a tacit understanding that the paper is not actively under consideration for publication with other journals. In submitting a paper the submitting author is deemed to have read, understood and accepted the terms of the copyright agreement. Copyright Statement The named article is submitted for publication in Freshwater Forum . This article has not been published previously and it is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Copyright to the above work (including all original text, photographs, images, tables and graphs) is hereby transferred to the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA). The submitting author accepts responsibility for transferring copyright on behalf of any co-authors. The submitting author undertakes to ensure he or she has the suitable rights to all content and are legally permitted to transfer ownership to the FBA. The author(s) retains the right to: 1. Display their own version of the article as originally submitted on their personal/academic website(s) with a link to the final version on Freshwater Forum 2. Use (and permit others to use) the article within their own organisation for non-commercial uses e.g. for teaching purposes, on the condition that the Freshwater Biological Association is cited correctly as the publisher. Freshwater Forum will publish the above article electronically on its electronic journal server and also in hard copy format. Transfer of copyright covers the right to reproduce and distribute the article and all of its components. Freshwater Forum may also make the article available to developing countries via Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) and Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE). This copyright agreement will become binding from the date of article submission. It is anticipated that in most circumstances permission to reproduce the article will be given to the author, providing the FBA is acknowledged. E Freshwater Forum; Vol 10, No 1 (1998) fFisheries management brown trout atlantic salmon 2010 ftfbaojs 2019-09-01T07:50:55Z The River Tweed (Figs 1-4) is, in rod-catch terms, the second most importantriver in Britain for Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., with an annual rod catch ofca. 10,000 fish, and also supports a now much reduced salmon-net fishery in itsestuary (illustrated on the Front Cover of this volume) and around theimmediate North Sea coastline. A drift-net fishery off the Northumbrian coastalso takes a significant number of Tweed salmon (Anon. 1991). As well as itsfamous salmon, sea-trout (Salmo trutta trutta) and brown-trout (S. trutta fario)fisheries, some notable grayling (Thymallus thymallus) are caught - the presentScottish record (3 lbs 1 oz; 1.404 kg) is from the Tweed. Some coarse fishspecies, roach (Rutilus rutilus), dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) and gudgeon (Gobiogobio), have been introduced within the past 100 years (Mills 1989). Other/Unknown Material Atlantic salmon Salmo salar FBA Journal System (Freshwater Biological Association)
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description The River Tweed (Figs 1-4) is, in rod-catch terms, the second most importantriver in Britain for Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., with an annual rod catch ofca. 10,000 fish, and also supports a now much reduced salmon-net fishery in itsestuary (illustrated on the Front Cover of this volume) and around theimmediate North Sea coastline. A drift-net fishery off the Northumbrian coastalso takes a significant number of Tweed salmon (Anon. 1991). As well as itsfamous salmon, sea-trout (Salmo trutta trutta) and brown-trout (S. trutta fario)fisheries, some notable grayling (Thymallus thymallus) are caught - the presentScottish record (3 lbs 1 oz; 1.404 kg) is from the Tweed. Some coarse fishspecies, roach (Rutilus rutilus), dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) and gudgeon (Gobiogobio), have been introduced within the past 100 years (Mills 1989).
author Ronald Campbell
author_facet Ronald Campbell
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title A fisheries management plan for the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders
title_short A fisheries management plan for the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders
title_full A fisheries management plan for the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders
title_fullStr A fisheries management plan for the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders
title_full_unstemmed A fisheries management plan for the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders
title_sort fisheries management plan for the river tweed in the scottish borders
publisher Freshwater Biological Assoication
publishDate 2010
url https://www.fba.org.uk/journals/index.php/FF/article/view/222
op_coverage River Tweed; Scotland
genre Atlantic salmon
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op_source Freshwater Forum; Vol 10, No 1 (1998)
op_rights Transfer of copyright agreement Submission of a manuscript indicates a tacit understanding that the paper is not actively under consideration for publication with other journals. In submitting a paper the submitting author is deemed to have read, understood and accepted the terms of the copyright agreement. Copyright Statement The named article is submitted for publication in Freshwater Forum . This article has not been published previously and it is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Copyright to the above work (including all original text, photographs, images, tables and graphs) is hereby transferred to the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA). The submitting author accepts responsibility for transferring copyright on behalf of any co-authors. The submitting author undertakes to ensure he or she has the suitable rights to all content and are legally permitted to transfer ownership to the FBA. The author(s) retains the right to: 1. Display their own version of the article as originally submitted on their personal/academic website(s) with a link to the final version on Freshwater Forum
2. Use (and permit others to use) the article within their own organisation for non-commercial uses e.g. for teaching purposes, on the condition that the Freshwater Biological Association is cited correctly as the publisher. Freshwater Forum will publish the above article electronically on its electronic journal server and also in hard copy format. Transfer of copyright covers the right to reproduce and distribute the article and all of its components. Freshwater Forum may also make the article available to developing countries via Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) and Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE). This copyright agreement will become binding from the date of article submission. It is anticipated that in most circumstances permission to reproduce the article will be given to the author, providing the FBA is acknowledged. E
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