Wareham Fly Fishing

07/08/2026

The latest water quality data confirms what anglers have been seeing for years: despite repeated promises from successive governments, there has been no significant improvement in the health of England's rivers over the last decade.

With just 14.3% of England’s surface waters achieved good ecological status, it's long overdue to move beyond measuring decline and start delivering real improvements.

Anglers want:
🎣 Healthier fish populations
💧 Cleaner water
⚖️ Stronger enforcement against polluters
🏗️ Sustained investment in water infrastructure
🌱 Action to reduce pollution from all sources
🏞️ Protection for river flows during drought

Read the announcement and the latest water quality data here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-data-to-drive-action-to-improve-englands-rivers-and-lakes

03/06/2026

This is shocking...

The salmon industry tells us their farms are responsibly managed and strictly regulated. But a discovery from Tasmania has just exposed the reality of what happens when you put industrial factory farms in an open ocean.

Antibiotics used to treat farmed salmon were detected in wild marine life 14 kilometres away from the pens. This "splash zone" proves that no matter how much "stewardship" the industry claims, the ocean has no walls—and their chemical failures cannot be fenced in.

Tasmania’s salmon industry has just suffered a catastrophic year, marked by mass die-offs and urgent biosecurity alerts. The scale of intervention required to keep these industrial pens functioning is staggering:

💊 Massive Inputs: One single farm lease used 2.7 tonnes of antibiotics in just two months to combat a mass mortality event.

🥀 The Result: The "medicine" failed. 9,000 tonnes of salmon died in the same period despite the chemical bombardment.

🌊 The Leak: These drugs didn't stay in the pens; they drifted into the wild, contaminating the seabed and the beings that call it home.

The "Zero Tolerance" Contradiction:

International markets demand a zero-tolerance policy for antibiotic residues in wild marine life. While the industry focuses on the "unmarketable" nature of contaminated seafood, the real scandal is the erasure of the wild.

The very definition of a "wild" sea is being rewritten by industrial runoff. As independent MHA Peter George stated, the interests of the public and the health of our shared waterways have been "subsumed by the demands of the salmon industry."

Why Scotland Must Watch Closely:

Sea lochs are not laboratories—they are living, breathing ecosystems. Scotland faces the same open-net vulnerability. We are handing over pristine waters to a chemical-dependent industry that cannot even save its own fish.

Say NO to farmed salmon.

🔗 Link in the comments.

03/06/2026

Sounds like a dream job for anyone wanting to work with a great team and make a difference

💧We’re hiring: Conservation Officer – Frome Headwaters Project💧

An exciting opportunity has opened to join the team at Dorset Wildlife Trust, leading the delivery of a flagship chalk stream restoration project in Dorset.

This role will be at the heart of work across the Upper Frome, River Hooke and Wraxall Brook catchments, working collaboratively with farmers, land managers, partners and local communities to deliver practical, nature-based solutions that support thriving rivers and resilient landscapes.

You’ll play a key role in restoring internationally important chalkstreams, helping to improve biodiversity, natural flood management and floodplain recovery at a landscape scale.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real, on-the-ground difference for rivers and wildlife in Dorset. 💙

📅 Closing date: Sunday 7 June 2026
📍 Location: Kingcombe Visitor Centre, Dorset

Find out more and apply here 👉 https://bit.ly/4o6PNBx ~ Jack

📷 Steve Oliver

21/05/2026

Can you believe this? Salmon farming giant Mowi has launched a massive national ad blitz across TV, radio, and social media. They are actually using a 90s novelty dance track—‘I Like To Move It Move It’—to try and get you singing along in the aisles of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, and Ocado.

It is pure, corporate cringe—and a desperate attempt to drown out the truth.

While they want you chanting "I Like To MOWI MOWI", the reality in Scotland's beautiful lochs is far from a party:

❌ MASS MORTALITY: Millions of fish are dying from disease, sea lice infestations, and harsh chemical treatments in overcrowded sea pens every single year. Some farms see up to a quarter of their fish die before harvest, a record of neglect that would never be tolerated in land-based farming.

❌ ENVIRONMENTAL HARM: Massive quantities of raw sewage, chemical residues, and toxic pesticides pour straight into our protected coastal waters. This sludge settles directly onto the sea bed, smothering marine life and destroying delicate local ecosystems beneath the cages.

❌ GLOBAL IMPACT: To produce a single farmed salmon, millions of tonnes of small, wild-caught fish are pillaged from communities in the Global South. This takes a vital, traditional food source away from regions facing severe food security challenges, all to feed a luxury product for UK supermarket shelves.

They are spending a fortune to get a jingle stuck in your head so you don't look at the devastation inside the cages.

❗️Don't fall for the cringey PR—keep farmed salmon out of your shopping basket.

🔗 Link in the comments.

21/05/2026

A lovely evening on the Frome with a small Mayfly hatch, enough to provide some great sport on the surface

17/04/2026

The Independent reports a chilling statistic: almost 36 million fish died in aquaculture cages in just three years.

To most, 36 million is just a number. In the industry, it's often dismissed as "tonnage." But in reality, it represents a colossal failure of welfare, environment, and regulation.

Even more shocking is the lack of oversight. The report reveals that regulations were ignored at over 75% of sites surveyed. Imagine any other form of farming where:
📉 Millions of animals die before reaching the slaughterhouse.
📉 Rules are ignored at 3 out of every 4 locations.
📉 Mass mortality is simply built into the "cost of doing business."

Whether it is disease outbreaks, sea lice infestations, or warming waters, the result is the same: a system at "breaking point." Farmed salmon is often marketed as a high-standard, premium product, but the data tells a different story—one of industrial-scale loss and systemic negligence.

We cannot continue to ignore what is happening in our waters. The "Scottish Salmon" brand is being used to mask a mortality crisis that would never be tolerated on land.

Say NO to farmed salmon.

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Full Independent article: http://archive.today/pEnQK

11/04/2026

Please help clean up our rivers and sea by signing this petition from Ash Smith from the Windrush duo against Sewage👍

https://petition.parliament.uk/signatures/172221420/verify?token=Vf4Eh8FhFWmj2nokV5v3

Many thanks

11/04/2026

Great work done by the Trust just upstream of us👍

10/04/2026

I only wish this was the Frome, but there was a large hatch last night

03/04/2026

Hi Everyone,
The Trout season started on 1st April, the Sea Trout season on 15th April, there are still limited spaces for Syndicate members and Day and Evening tickets are available.
We hope to see you on the bank sometime and will regularly post condition and catch reports.
For more details and bookings call, text or WhatsApp me on 07990 878340.
Tight lines
Simon