A new group has formed to push for urgent action to protect wild salmon in a Perthshire river said to be “in crisis”.
The Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board (TDSFB) backed the formation of the new Ericht Focus Group at its latest public meeting after an angling representative set out the multiple threats facing salmon swimming in the river.
The board heard many of the threats facing the species are man-made and that the new group was preparing to lobby government agencies and ministers to act on a strategy unveiled earlier this year aimed at improving the condition of rivers so fish can thrive.
