Synopsis
Salmon in the Thames, and Other Rivers investigates why the mighty Thames stopped hosting its famous salmon and what might restore it.
This classic natural history work blends historical law, river life, and careful observations to explain the river’s changing ecology.
The book frames a journey along England’s rivers, mixing past statutes with practical notes, old fisher tales, and a careful look at environmental impact. It traces how factors from laws and markets to gas works and riverworks may have helped push salmon and other fish toward extinction in the Thames, and it weighs possible paths to bring them back.- Learn how early English laws protected salmon and how those rules evolved over centuries
- See diary-like notes of fishing years, fish sizes, and market prices from the past
- Understand potential threats to river life, from pollution to weirs and locks
- Consider practical ideas for restoring salmon and healthy rivers today
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