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WE NEED YOUR HELP

We are trying something a little different to fund our efforts to save the eel. Your donations and support will enable us to continue to deliver our conservation objectives for the eels of the Forth.

Supporting the Forgotten Fish Project as a Business

If you are a business looking to promote and enhance your green credentials, why not sponsor the Forgotten Fish Project to show your business’s commitment to the eel and wider natural environment. Your support will get you:

For more information on how your businesses support will help eels around the Forth, click here. If you would like your business to support eel conservation in the Forth, please email Jack Wootton for more details. j.wootton@forthriverstrust.org

Public support for the Forgotten Fish Project

Would you like to donate to the Trust, so we can help the critically endangered European eel? Why not make a donation to the Trust, so we can continue our vital work conserving this species.

For more information on how your donation will help fund the project, please see the below document.

If you would like to get involved or support the Forgotten Fish Project please get in touch via email by contacting Jack at –j.wootton@forthriverstrust.org

Awards

NBN Award for Wildlife Recording – Marine

This award was granted for our projects contribution to the monitoring and recording of wildlife. Our efforts made in the first year of the Forgotten Fish Project highlighted the issues facing the European eel when it arrive at our coastline and starts its migration upstream. We were extremely happy to receive this award as it was our first year of the project. We aim to develop even bigger and better things going forward.

Past Funders

A huge thank you to our past funders, Heritage Lottery Fund and The Fishmongers’ Company. Without your support this project would not be possible.

Website: National Lottery Heritage Fund

Website: The Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust

For more information, contact Jack Wootton j.wootton@forthriverstrust.org

Monitoring eels in Northern Ireland

Monitoring Eels in Northern Ireland In July our eel man Jack spent a week surveying with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Northern Ireland. This was part of a long-term survey on Loch Erne specifically focusing on the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)....
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Eel – Farming, policy and protection

Eel – Farming, policy and protection By Jack WoottonEel, a word that stimulates a range of emotions dependant on your geographical orientation. For some it is income, stability, sustenance, beauty, awe, admiration and for others the less favourable such as slimy,...
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Barriers to Eel Passage in the Forth

Barriers to Eel Migration in the Forth Eels are amazing creatures and are one of the worlds organisms that has a massive journey to complete its lifecycle. Much evidence highlights that eels start this journey in the Sargasso Sea just off the Caribbean and East Coast...
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World Fish Migration Day 2022

World Fish Migration Day 2022 Today marks the start of World Fish Migration day 2022 and here in the Forth there are a number of fish species which migrate in and out of our rivers. Everything from the iconic Atlantic salmon, shimmering sea trout, the humble brown...
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Eel ropes on the Water of Leith

Eel ropes on the Water of Leith Jack was at the Water of Leith Conservation Trust yesterday teaching the traditional methods of eel rope making. This messy but effective method is a cheap way to get our eels over river barriers such as weirs and small dams. A great...
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Forgotten Fish Project

2021 saw plenty of focus given to the critically endangered European eel. We carried out monitoring of young eels coming into the Forth Catchment, trialled new monitoring methods, built eel passes and even reviewed existing passes to improve their efficiency. One...
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Eel monitoring around the Forth

Eel Monitoring around the Forth Eel trapping is a fine art. Oceanic currents, temperature, tide and lunar cycles are just a few things to be taken into account when trying to get your hands on these slippery characters. Up to now we have three toads to show for our...
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Crowdfunding – Clean Rivers, Healthy Rivers

Crowdfunder - Clean Rivers, Healthy Rivers Help us crowdfund for clean and healthy rivers. We are looking to our followers to help us fund our Clean Rivers, Healthy Rivers campaign. Pollution from outfalls can impact rivers anywhere but especially here around the...
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Covid-19 restrictions and Trust operations

Covid-19 and Trust operations Due to the COVID 19 Stay at Home restrictions imposed by the Scottish Government earlier this week, the Trust has placed all staff on flexible furlough. All staff are on reduced hours most working only three days a week. We are still...
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World Fish Migration Day – Barriers to Fish Migration

World Fish Migration Day - Barriers to Fish Migration Man-made weirs (known as barriers to fish passage) cause a major impact on migratory fish around the Forth. The map below shows that impact visually based on barrier locations with section of the rivers colour...
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