PROUD HOSTS OF THE 15th INTERNATIONAL SALMONID CONFERENCE 2006
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The Fishmongers' Company
The Company supports financially the work carried out by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, the Scottish Association for Marine Science, the Freshwater Biological Association and other similar organisations.
The Company can be seen by these activities to be an example of a Guild which, throughout the ages, has retained an intimate connection with the trade that gave it birth.
WWF is the world's largest conservation organisation with 52 offices working in more than 90 countries.
WWF works to conserve biodiversity and address global threats to the planet, by working with people to seek sustainable solutions for the benefit of people and nature.
WWF works to protect rivers and wetlands, which provide the freshwater on which all life depends, by conserving and restoring rivers basins, promoting efficiency in the use of water and by protecting and managing wildlife-rich wetlands.
"We are the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It's our job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society, so that tomorrow's generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world."
Greggs is the UK’s leading bakery retailer. With over 1,000 shops nationwide, a Greggs branch is never far away and more and more people every week are enjoying the great taste and great value of our product. We passionately believe in product freshness, quality and outstanding value for money.
We serve approximately 4 million customers each week through our shops. Two thirds of our business is in shop made sandwiches and freshly baked savouries such as pies, pasties and sausage rolls. These lines are complimented by a delicious range of sweet products and a wide range of bread and rolls.
The mission of the American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.
APEM are a professional science-based environmental consultancy that operates at the highest level of scientific integrity and commitment. Since its establishment in 1987, it has been operating from the central location of Manchester, United Kingdom.
APEM work exclusively in the aquatic environment, providing an integrated approach to environmental investigations and management in both freshwater and marine habitats.
The project has 24 partners from 10 countries (Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, UK & Slovakia).
The U.TdR communication and information network will focus on river basin management issues based on an Ecosystem Approach including Best Practice. Themes include communication, technical and education. A key element will be policy guidance and the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, in particular with regard to public participation.
During the last 30 years, numbers of wild Salmon returning from the sea have fallen by more than half. Wild Salmon and Sea Trout are an important natural resource and we need your help to find out why, and what can be done to stem this decline. Set up in 1967, the Atlantic Salmon Trust is involved in the funding and sponsorship of practical research programmes tackling the problems wild Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout face today.
The initial aim of ASAP is to collect samples from the majority of salmon rivers on the Western Atlantic coast of Europe and use methods of Genetic Stock Identification (GSI) to effectively, 'genetically type' salmon from particular regions and rivers across the Atlantic Arc Region as defined by the EU. Once this database of genotypes is assembled it is hoped that managers will be able to take a small sample from any salmon caught at sea and quickly assess the population and therefore the river or region of origin.
What is the Salmon & Trout Association?
Formed in 1903, the Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) is the only UK-wide membership organisation representing the views of game anglers. It is also recognised as the governing body for game angling by Sport England.
So how does S&TA operate?
S&TA has 115,000 individual and club members throughout the UK within a countrywide Branch network. A small professional staff is based in London and Edinburgh and there is access to a full-time lobbyist in Brussels through the European Anglers’ Alliance. The S&TA has excellent contacts in both Houses of Parliament, Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales and the staff have a close working relationship with senior officials in the European Commission, UK Ministries, and the many government agencies.
Trout Unlimited’s mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds.
TU accomplishes this mission on local, state and national levels with an extensive and dedicated volunteer network. TU’s national office, based just outside of Washington, D.C., and its regional offices employ professionals who testify before Congress, publish a quarterly magazine, intervene in federal legal proceedings, and work with the organization’s 152,000 volunteers in 450 chapters nationwide to keep them active and involved in conservation issues.
The Wild Trout Trust (WTT) is a registered charity. It is the only national body dedicated to the protection and survival of this iconic fish species, a living – and too often dying – indicator of the health of the landscape around us.
The WTT was founded as the Wild Trout Society in 1997 and achieved charitable status in 1999. In the few years since, the WTT has established an enviable reputation in the wider conservation field.
The trust is a favoured partner of the Environment Agency and English Nature, both of which fund some of the trust’s key conservation projects. In addition, the trust works with the Wildlife Trusts, the National Trust, the Game Conservancy Trust, the Association of River Trusts and the Loughs Agency in Ireland. It has a respected voice in other forums.
We are a unique organisation which fights pollution and other damage to water environments throughout the UK. Water pollution kills hundreds of thousands of fish each year which has a huge impact on local economies, aquatic wildlife and the enjoyment of angling clubs. Rivers and stillwaters are also under threat from water abstraction, escaped farmed fish, weirs and flood defence works. The ACA aims to stop this damage happening and to seek compensation for our members when it does.
We are currently fighting about 60 legal cases on behalf of our members. We make polluters pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation every year and secure injunctions to stop further damage. For more information about how we work, please visit our website
The Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM) is an international organisation of people sharing a common interest in the modern management of recreational and commercial fisheries.
Created in 1969 in the UK, the IFM is dedicated to the advancement of sustainable fisheries management in all its forms. It is a non-profit making organisation controlled by the membership and governed by an elected council. Members are drawn from professional fisheries managers, regulatory and research bodies, fishing and angling organisations, water companies, fish farms and private individuals whose interests in fisheries are represented at many levels within government and conservation bodies.
The Institute, in partnership with a number of other UK institutes and societies concerned with the environment, is one of the Constituent Bodies of the Society for the Environment. The Society now has a Royal Charter and is empowered to award the qualification of Chartered Environmentalist.
