ON January 25 last Thomas Butler from Freshford and I went down to the tail of the Pococke river. The site was sickening. Even though the visibility was not great due to a recent flood, we videoed 15 dead fish. All the hen fish were in full spawn.

FISHERIES board staff yesterday began work on temporary modifications to a weir which local fishermen claim is damaging one of the country’s most popular salmon rivers because it is too high for the fish.