date:Aug 11, 2012
More than half (58 per cent) of those who responded believed that the overall impact of beavers on fish populations was positive.
Professor Roger Wheater, the Chair of the Beaver-Salmonid Working Group, says: I would be very surprised if biodiversity were not increased but our concern continues to be the impact on salmonid spawning areas and the management required to deal with situations where salmonids in any particular system are at risk.