River Dee Smolt Tracking

Large Catchment in North Wales EA NRW successful salmonid tagging program River has high production of smolts but relatively few returns (N Milner) River dredged and canalised for shipping in 1730s Lack of cover for smolts in upper estuary Predation? Acoustic tagging to investigate behaviour of smolts in estuary to fully understand effect of removal of cover from river bank

Salmonid Tracking in the Irish Sea

Anecdotal evidence of feeding aggregations to the North of Isle of Man CSTP genetic information indicates sea trout movements across Irish Sea Use Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking project as model for tracking salmonids throughout Irish Sea Small acoustic tags deployed on salmonids in key rivers around Irish Sea Interactions with wind farms between N Wales and S Scotland