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Celtic Sea Trout Project on TV...
Celtic Sea Trout Project at Bangor University
Autumnwatch presenter Iolo Williams visited North Wales to learn about a 'Celtic Sea Trout Project' being led by Bangor University, in conjunction with other partners in the UK and Ireland.
Welsh Country - (23/11/10) - Celtic Sea Trout Project at Bangor University- Read the article here.
Concerns over dwindling sea trout numbers
Concerns have been raised over dwindling numbers of sea trout, also known as sewin, on Welsh rivers. To combat the decline a £1.8m scientific study is being launched to discover more about the life and pressures on the sea trout in Wales and Ireland.
BBC News - (11/03/10) -
Concerns over dwindling sea trout numbers - Watch the report.
In the Papers...
Sewin gets more elusive in rivers and on menus
IT is one of Wales’ most traditional dishes, yet you may never have had the opportunity to try it. Ecologists and chefs have warned that sewin, or sea trout, is being wiped off restaurant menus because of declining populations in the major Welsh rivers that were once key spawning grounds.
Western Mail - (11/01/11) -
Sewin gets more elusive in rivers and on menus - Read the article.
Anglers urged to help avert sewin disaster
WHERE have all the sewin gone? Would that I could answer that question! For a number of years we anglers have voiced our grave concerns, as the decline in sewin numbers in most Welsh rivers has been quite pronounced.
Western Mail - (27/07/10) -
Anglers urged to help avert sewin disaster - Read the article.
Latest figures for sewin do not make for some happy reading
IN RECENT times most of us have found ourselves being bombarded by storms – not of wind and snow – but of paper. Paper in the form of reports, catalogues, booklets, eye-catching flyers etc. – so much so that it is difficult to read everything that drops through our various letterboxes!
Western Mail - (02/02/10) -
Latest figures for sewin do not make for some happy reading - Read the article.
On the web...
Autumnwatch viewers to learn about the Sea Trout
Autumnwatch viewers across the UK will learn about a project that’s hoping to improve the situation for the sewin or sea trout, on the programme to be broadcast on Thursday 18 November (BBC 2 21.30pm 18.11.10).
Bangor University - (17/11/10) -
Autumnwatch viewers to learn about the Sea Trout - read the article.
Sea trout subject of £1.8m study
A £1.8m scientific study is being launched to discover more about the life and pressures on the sewin or sea trout in Wales and Ireland. Information from the Celtic Sea Trout Project will be used to guide stock management policy and measures to increase sewin in Welsh rivers.
BBC News - (11/01/10) - Sea trout subject of £1.8m study - Read the article here.
Sea trout subject of £1.8m study
A £1.8m scientific study is being launched to discover more about the life and pressures on the sewin or sea trout in Wales and Ireland. Information from the Celtic Sea Trout Project will be used to guide stock management policy and measures to increase sewin in Welsh rivers.
BristolWired.co.uk - (11/01/10) - Sea trout subject of £1.8m study - Read the article here.
EA's Wilson outlines Celtic Sea Trout Project aims
The sea trout or sewin is in desperate decline in Welsh rivers. A project was launched last March to find out more about this fish and the pressures on it in the Irish Sea and in rivers and estuaries across Wales and Ireland. Dr Ben Wilson, Environm...
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