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This method statement describes a system for assessing and classifying rivers in relation to passage of migratory fish across barriers in Scotland.  

Publication Date: 
25-June-2015
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG
This classification method encompasses fish abundance, taxonomic composition and age structure.  The tool relates the number of salmon and trout caught in a survey to the predicted abundance and prevalence of the species at the specific site.
Publication Date: 
16-July-2014
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

Estuarine fish communities are good indicators of a range of man-made disturbances. They are mobile, relatively long lived, found near to the top of the food chain (so are affected by other parts of the chain and prone to bioaccumulation effects) and are easy to identify and return to the water: all of these characteristics make them ideal for the monitoring of estuaries. This method is based on the principle that the abundance of fish and the number of individual species found can change depending on the pressures on the estuary.

Publication Date: 
14-July-2014
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

Following a consultation that ended on 28th February 2013,  UKTAG has finalised its recommendations on 1) biological standards for rivers, lakes, coastal and estuaries and 2) phosphorus standards for rivers.

Publication Date: 
30-October-2013
Publication Status: 
Final
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

This classification method encompasses fish abundance, taxonomic composition and age structure.

Publication Date: 
01-December-2008
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG