The River Wear has been named by the Environment Agency as one of the most improved rivers in England and Wales. Ten rivers, including the Wear, has been selected for shrugging off their industrial past to become havens for wildlife, walkers and anglers once again. In 1965 just two salmon were caught on the then-polluted

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River Wear highlighted for its improvements

As part of Pete’s involvement in the Wear Fishery Development Plan Project Board, we have been sent this interesting article by Paul Frear, Fisheries Technical Officer at the Environment Agency. Paul writes: As part of the R.Wear Fishery Development Plan run by the Environment Agency a sonar survey of the R.Wear has been undertaken on 11

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River Wear Fishery Development Plan: Interesting Information from The Environment Agency