{"id":455875,"date":"2026-03-03T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455875\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:27:18","slug":"former-river-tweed-bosses-credited-with-keeping-salmon-numbers-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455875\/","title":{"rendered":"Former River Tweed bosses credited with keeping salmon numbers healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Although the 2025 rod catch of 6,957 is down on the previous year&#8217;s 9,947, the figure is the third highest over the past nine years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A catch-and-release policy along with improvements to water quality and habitats have also helped stabilise salmon numbers along the 97-mile (160km) Tweed and its tributaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Tweed Commission has also recently established a scientific advisory panel to provide independent advice on emerging evidence, marine survival trends and conservation priorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jonathan Reddin, chief commissioner of the Tweed Commission, is delighted with the 2025 catches, and hopes science will keep the river in a prime position for salmon returning each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;To hold our five-year average in a year of exceptional environmental pressure demonstrates the underlying resilience of the Tweed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, stability should not be mistaken for long-term security. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Atlantic salmon face significant pressures both in freshwater and at sea, and we must remain vigilant and science-led in our response.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the 2025 rod catch of 6,957 is down on the previous year&#8217;s 9,947, the figure is the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-455875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}