PROUD HOSTS OF THE 15th INTERNATIONAL SALMONID CONFERENCE 2006
please click on the image above, to return to the main Association of Rivers Trusts website
steering group
WWF
'WWF has sponsored the development of the Association of Rivers Trusts and helped the establishment of new trusts since 2003, including the Tyne River Trust. WWF's freshwater work in the UK is supported by HSBC bank, as part of its global Investing in Nature initiative.'
Godfrey leads on the Environment Agency’s approach for salmonid and marine fisheries and fisheries enforcement as one of four Fisheries Policy and Process Managers in the national team. He has been in this role for 4 years, prior to which he worked for 10 years as a manager of operational teams delivering fisheries, ecology and recreation programmes in the northern part of the Environment Agency’s North East Region. In that position he helped support the later stages of the recoveries of the salmon fisheries in the Rivers Tyne and Wear and was involved in the phase out and, ultimately in 2003, the buyout of salmon drift nets in the coastal fishery. Godfrey continues to work from the Northeast and lives with his family in Teesdale.
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is the leading public body protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales . Our work includes tackling flooding and pollution incidents, reducing industry’s impact on the environment, cleaning up rivers, coastal waters and contaminated land and improving wildlife habitats. We also maintain, improve and develop fisheries. We strive to achieve three key outcomes for fisheries:
Improved fish stocks and a better environment for wildlife and people;
More chances for more people to fish and fisheries performing better; and
Richard H Maudslay CBE
Richard Maudslay is an engineer with broad experience in the UK and elsewhere around the world. Since leaving Rolls-Royce in the late 1990’s, where he was the main board member responsible for all Rolls’ non-aero businesses, he has developed a wide-ranging portfolio of interests which includes the Deputy Chairmanship of Hardy & Greys Ltd in Alnwick. He lives in Northumberland on the banks of the Coquet and is the current Chairman of the Coquet Riparian Owners Association
APEM
APEM are regarded as one of the UK ’s leading fisheries consultancies. The firm provides a comprehensive range of fisheries related services ranging from specialist consultancy advice and expert witness, monitoring populations and habitants, through to designing and implementing habitat improvement schemes. APEM operates throughout the UK undertaking having undertaken major water resources related fisheries investigations (involving field and laboratory work, consultancy and expert witness) from as far afield as North West Scotland, Devon and Cornwall , Cumbria , Yorkshire and Wales .
The firm is recognised as providing expert technical knowledge and services in both salmonid and coarse fish investigations. Specific expertise involves long-term fieldwork programmes, detailed statistical analysis and reporting on the impacts of the building and operation of South West Water’s Roadford Reservoir on fish populations, including salmon, trout and minor species of conservation interest including lamprey species and bullheads. This 18 year, annual quantitative fisheries data set, is arguably the most robust in the UK , and has been combined with equally detailed water quality data to investigate changes over time covering the period before, during and after reservoir construction.
APEM have also undertaken a series of major coarse fish studies relating to water resource management and low flow. These include major groundwater and drought related schemes in Yorkshire , including detailed impact studies involving large data sets on coarse and trout fisheries collected during and after the 1995/6 drought. In addition the firm has recently undertaken a detailed assessment of the long-term impacts of the flow regulation regime on the Welsh Dee on coarse fish and salmonids.
APEM senior fish biologists Dr Keith Hendry (Managing Director) and Dr David Cragg-Hine both have considerable experience in water resources related fisheries studies, both having been appointed expert witness for water companies during Public Enquiries etc. In addition Dr Hendry was appointed Technical Assessor for the North East Drift Net Fishery Public Enquiry and was a member of the UK Government Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Legislative Review Group. He is also Honorary Biologist to the National Federation of Anglers, the national governing body for coarse angling and is a Scientific Advisor to the Tweed Foundation, the Eden Rivers Trust and the Mersey Basin Campaign.
Andrew Davison Andrew is Chairman of the Tyne Rivers Trust. The Trust was formed in 2004 to promote environmental excellence in the Tyne Catchment through habitat improvement, improved management information and enhancement of the reputation of the Catchment throughout the UK and world. The Trust has recently completed the first Strategic Action Plan for the Tyne Catchment and is now looking to begin its activities on the ground. Andrew is a solicitor and partner at Robert Muckle LLP and is also Chairman of Greggs Trust (a registered charity linked to Greggs plc). He is a keen fisherman, having fished the river, its streams, and the still waters of the Tyne Catchment since he could first stand and hold a rod!
Archie Ruggles-Brise
Archie is the Tyne Rivers Trust’s Project Manager. The Trust was formed in 2004 to promote environmental excellence in the Tyne Catchment through habitat improvement, improved management information and enhancement of the reputation of the Catchment throughout the UK and world. The Trust has recently completed the first Strategic Action Plan for the Tyne Catchment and is now looking to begin its activities on the ground. Archie holds a BSc in Applied Biology from the University of Newcastle and previously worked for Northumbrian Water. He is a keen canoeist and walker and is trying hard to catch his first fish on the Tyne.
The Trust is an Atlantic-wide, UK based organisation which champions the wild salmon and sea trout – it does not represent any body, only the fish themselves. It works for the conservation and restoration of wild salmon and sea trout stocks to a level which allows sustainable exploitation.
The AST conducts and supports marine and freshwater research, gives practical advice on the management of fisheries and rivers and gives independent advice to governments, international and national authorities and to commercial enterprises.
It’s current activities and priorities are:
Research into the survival of salmon at sea
Restoration of wild salmon and sea trout stocks, especially on the West Coast of Scotland and the Islands
Fellow of the Institute of Fisheries Management and Chairman of the Council. He also acts as tutor and examiner for the IFM Certificate in relation to freshwater biology. Steve has published several papers on the use of angling catch data and recovering rivers. The North East has provided Steve with experience of a diversity of types of fishery and the problems associated with them that helps in his national role with the Environment Agency.
Ph.D in coarse fish ecology, University of Leeds .
1973 - 1990 Fisheries scientist with Yorkshire River Authority, Yorkshire Water Authority and National Rivers Authority.
1990 - 2002 Fisheries technical specialist role in Dales Area, North East Region of the Environment Agency.
2002 to present
Principal Fisheries Scientist (Coarse Fish and Eels), National Fisheries Policy and Process, Environment Agency.
The Tweed Foundation
The Tweed Foundation is a Trust with charitable status set up in 1983 by the River Tweed Commissioners (www.rtc.org.uk) to promote the sustainable development of fish stocks in the Tweed River System.
Cefas provides high-quality science to conserve and enhance the aquatic environment, promote sustainable management of its natural resources, and protect the public from aquatic contaminants.
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 work of the Trust will be of interest to anyone concerned for our wildlife heritage. It will be relevant, as well, to businesses and other organisations with an interest in pure waters and a healthy environment. For further information on WTT see:
ANGLERS’ CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION The ACA is a unique organisation established in 1948 which uses the law to fight pollution and other damage to water environments throughout the UK . Rivers and stillwaters are under threat from pollution, water abstraction, escaped farmed fish, weirs and flood defence works. The ACA aims to stop this damage and to seek compensation for our members when it does occur.
We are currently fighting 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. The ACA legal team also offers advice to its member clubs and riparian owners about a wide range of angling and related law, completely free of charge.
Individual membership is just £20 a year and more for clubs and riparian owners. Please look at our web site or get in touch for more information.
