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BU students involved in EU conservation project

Bournemouth University students are working alongside conservation experts on an EU-wide project to understand the migration habits of wild salmon and sea trout in the river Frome in Dorset, where the salmon population has been monitored for nearly 50 years. Read more

SAMARCH project leads to GWCT boat envy

The Partnership agreement with the Environment Agency is proving to be very beneficial for discussing ideas and for gaining the various permissions that the project requires for the SAMARCH sampling campaign. Read more

SAMARCH project team raring to go

SAMARCH was formally approved in May 2017 and in June 2017 project staff met at Agrocampus in Rennes for the first project Steering group and technical delivery meetings. Read more

Great experience working in the SAMARCH project

Great experience working in the SAMARCH project

By Oskar Busse, Bournemouth University I took part in the parr tagging with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust from the 24th of August to the 4th of September 2022. It was a great experience being able to work in the SAMARCH project and seeing first-hand how...

I always enjoy working on the SAMARCH project

I always enjoy working on the SAMARCH project

by David Kamerman, Bournemouth University This summer I completed my 3rd SAMARCH placement. It was a different experience to the parr tagging I participated in last year, because this year we had a very dry summer and river levels were much lower. This meant many...

PARR Tagging

PARR Tagging

Louis Fraser, Bournemouth University During the summer of 2022 I was lucky enough to spend 15 days taking part in PARR tagging as part of the SAMARCH project for Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust. I thoroughly enjoyed this placement, and it was a great learning...

SAMARCH gets better and better!

SAMARCH gets better and better!

By Justin Schoon, Bournemouth University This summer working with GWCT for SAMARCH was even better than last. Although it’s my third time working with the organisation I always, without fail, learn new and interesting things and every time I work with them it makes me...