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In what remains of our wild heritage, there is no more telling symbol of the untamed than the salmon.

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The Romans called this fish Salmo - the leaper - and its spectacular behaviour has always been an inspiration to artists and poets as well as a challenge to fishermen.

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The life history of the Atlantic salmon embodies many of the qualities we most admire: beauty, power, grace and endurance. These fish moving relentlessly upstream to spawn are coming to the end of an astonishing journey which started when they migrated down these same rivers as juveniles and made their way from fresh water, far out to sea.