News Update – May 2008

The Atlantic Salmon Trust's Honorary Scientific Advisory Panel met on 9th April and considered applications for research and restoration awards.

As a result the Atlantic Salmon Trust has made grants of over £100,000 to priority projects and seminars. Chief amongst these is one to fund the post of Scientific Coordinator for the SALSEA Marine Research Programme into the survival of salmon at sea.

The grant of £15,000 to the Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland for genetic sampling is the largest single grant ever made by the Trust to a freshwater project.

Invitations for next year's awards will be made in November.

Full list of awards

Projects
Monitoring of returning salmon	£14,530
Genetic sampling in England and Scotland	£18,000
Strontian stock investigations	£1,000
Wye and Irfon liming	£1,000
Orkney sea trout smolts	£2,000
Bankside habitat management	£7,750
Southampton University Salmonid Research Centre	£1,000
SALSEA Marine Research Programme	£50,000
	£95,280
Seminars
Association of Rivers Trusts Scientific Award	£2,000
Aberdeen University Hydromorphological Workshop	£2,000
Institute of Fisheries Management Fish Counter Seminar	£1,000
Total	£100,280