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Salmon Return to River Leven After 150 Years

Environment Agency fisheries officers have discovered the first salmon in the River Leven in more than 150 years.

The salmon was found as part of the Environment Agency’s National Fisheries Survey Programme. The results are used to show how water quality is improving over time, and provide data on fish populations which is used to manage fish stocks

The Environment Agency uses specialist electro fishing equipment to see what fish are in our rivers. The equipment works by discharging a small electric current in the water that stuns all fish in range - which are then netted to measure and count before being returned unharmed to the river. The River Leven is a river which flows through North Yorkshire and until 2007 it was impossible for salmon to spawn in the river because of an impassible weir built during the industrial revolution.

In 2007 the Environmental Agency built a fish wass on the weir and now we see the first salmon spawning in the river for over 150 years.

Richard Jenkins of the Environmental Monitoring Team said:

“Our rivers are the healthiest for over 20 years allowing otters, salmon and other wildlife to return for the first time since the industrial revolution.

“European law called the Water Framework Directive has enabled us to target improvements in fish passage and water quality on the River Leven and the evidence of salmon returning shows that the work is starting to pay dividends.”

Often here at PureShowers.co.uk we see a lot of stories about our rivers being polluted or our water supply being contaminated. It's so nice to hear a positive story about how the health of our environment is improving and the state of our water is getting better!

Hazar to the E.A for bringing wild life back to our rivers!

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