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Mon 12 Dec 2009Six salmon a-leaping
ANGLING NOTES:AFTER AN absence of almost 200 years salmon have returned to the upper reaches of the River Monnow at Kentchurch Weir in Monmouthshire, according to the Environment Agency Wales (EAW).
Since completion of a £600,000 (€663,000) fish pass at Osbaston Weir earlier this year, salmon are now getting further upriver than since the industrial revolution, it said. Additional work is planned next year to give even more access to spawning grounds further upstream.
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