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Olivia Simmons joins the SAMARCH project!
I have recently arrived from Canada and started a PhD position with Bournemouth University and the Salmon and Trout Research Centre at GWCT as part of the SAMARCH project. Before moving to England, I lived in Iceland, where I completed my Master’s degree studying...
NEW VIDEO: What is the SAMARCH project about?
Watch our latest video which helps explain just what the SAMARCH project is all about.
New traps deployed and cold nights ahead for GWCT staff
This week we deployed two rotary screw traps (RST) into the upper Tamar catchment to catch sea trout kelts on their post spawning migration back to sea. The traps are currently anchored in the middle of pools ready to be positioned for trapping once spawning commences...
SAMARCH Goes Career Spotlight at BU
By Ossi Turunen, Bournemouth University I attended a Career Spotlight event at Bournemouth University on Monday 15th October to present my own experiences with the SAMARCH project and to meet new inspiring people. The event started with a keynote speaker Brian...
”Good science is always repetitive”
By Ossi Turunen, Bournemouth University Alongside tagging Atlantic salmon and brown trout one part of the project carried out by the SAMARCH team involves mapping out the type of habitat the fish are living in on certain long term river reaches. This work is continuum...
Film production continues!
BGM and Marie Wild filmed, in Rennes, the salmonids scale reading process, as well as the genetic analysis carried out from the DNA collected on the scales. Researchers from INRA (Rennes) were also interviewed. Soon, you will discover where salmonid fish scales are...
Filming sea trout capture on the Touques
Normandie Grands Migrateurs et Bretagne Grands Migrateurs, with the help of a wildlife reporter, filmed sea trout capture on the Touques, scale sampling and fishes' release. Interviews of BGM and NGM explaining the objectives of SAMARCH program and the importance to...
Mapping Habitats
Alongside tagging Atlantic salmon and brown trout one part of the project carried out by the SAMARCH-team involves mapping out the type of the habitat the fish are living in on certain long term river reaches.
“An incredible experience” – tagging on the River Frome
Becca Carter, a student from Bournemouth University, gives us her thoughts on her time working on the SAMARCH project with GWCT during August and September 2018.
Latest SAMARCH developments shared at Fisheries meeting
On 11-12 September, GWCT fisheries scientist Dr Stephen Gregory, co-lead of SAMARCH Workpackage 3 – Salmon Stock Assessment Models, met with colleagues from our SAMARCH partner the Environment Agency, Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and...
Tagging target achieved
After almost 23 consecutive days in the field, today we achieved our target of tagging 10,000 juvenile salmon and 3,000 juvenile trout with the small PIT tags as part of the SAMARCH project WPT3 work-package, which aims to improve the stock assessment models used by...
My SAMARCH placement
Since August 28th a lot has happened. I have been working with the SAMARCH team every day and what great days have they been!