SAMARCH

By Dylan Roberts, GWCT Head of Fisheries & SAMARCH Project Manager The SAMARCH project, part funded by the EU’s Interreg Channel Project and the Missing Salmon Alliance, has been underway since 2017 and the project, which has a heavy science

By Genoveva Esteban (Bournemouth University) and Ivan Bernez (Agrocampus Ouest) Three French Masters’ students from Agrocampus Ouest have joined SAMARCH this academic year, supervised by Ivan Bernez. They are Zacharie Coq, Louan Dautreppe and Nathan Dalbet. They came up with

By Vic Hyde, Bournemouth University From the very start of my university placement I took it upon myself to produce a video of my time spent with SAMARCH. Through the 25 days volunteering with the EU-funded project, I fulfilled a

By Will Fisher, Bournemouth University Who knew Dorset’s rivers and streams held such a diverse array of fish? I certainly did not and was fortunate enough to spend three weeks tagging Salmon and Trout alongside incredibly knowledgeable and supportive GWCT

By Lewis Webster, Bournemouth University During this placement, I felt I developed many new skills both from a technical and a professional standpoint. I did not have much prior knowledge of the Salmonidae nor of electrofishing techniques, but due to

By Gary Packwood, Bournemouth University I was fortunate enough to undertake fieldwork with some GWCT fisheries scientists who are working on the SAMARCH project for 3 weeks this summer. Our team of Bournemouth University students shared the work tasks each

By Caitlin McQuillan, Bournemouth University. I spent 10 days in Wareham working for the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust on this project for my placement and thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I got involved with a variety of tasks including