English wild salmon stocks at record low

A salmon jumping out of a river in Shropshire County, England
A salmon jumping out of a river in Shropshire County, England | Photo courtesy of Kevin Wells Photography/Shutterstock
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Salmon populations in England and Wales have dropped to their lowest level since the country’s authorities began keeping records of the fish in 1997, according to a new report from the country’s Environment Agency (EA) and the Center for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). EA’s and Cefas’s joint “Atlantic Salmon Stock Assessment for 2023” report found that 90 percent of principal rivers salmon use in England and Wales are classified as either “at risk” or “probably at…


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