Commercial fishermen have also seen their quotas halved for catching the fish, but they will be allowed to land up to five tonnes per vessel. The decision, made to stop a collapse of the population, has been slammed by the Angling Trust which called the extra restrictions “unfair”. David Mitchell, head of marine environmental campaigns at the Angling Trust, said …

Reports of the death of Loch Ken have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new study. It had been feared non–native signal crayfish were ruining the fishery by eating fish eggs and fry. But a new Galloway Fisheries Trust (GFT) study found stocks of perch, dace, pike and other species remain healthy. The findings are a major boost for Loch …