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Atlantic Salmon Returns to Lancashire Rivers, Trust Reports

8/26/2026

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Ribble Rivers Trust reports Atlantic salmon returning to Lancashire rivers.
The trust surveys more than 300 sites annually across the Ribble, Hodder, Calder, Darwen and Douglas catchments.
One surveyed site recorded over 100 juvenile Atlantic salmon in a few minutes this year.
Another location reported its first salmon sightings in more than a decade, indicating a reversal of years of low returns.

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Ribble Rivers Trust reports Atlantic salmon returning to Lancashire rivers.
The trust surveys more than 300 sites annually across the Ribble, Hodder, Calder, Darwen and Douglas catchments.
One surveyed site recorded over 100 juvenile Atlantic salmon in a few minutes this year.
Another location reported its first salmon sightings in more than a decade, indicating a reversal of years of low returns.