Climate change hits trout and salmon in UK’s chalk streams - Taipei Times

DECLINING WATER FLOW:

Scientists, environmentalists and anglers are calling for rivers to be restored to their natural state, reduced water extraction and more shade

AFP, WINCHESTER, United Kingdom

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A fly fisherman cast his line into the crystal-clear waters of the Itchen, a chalk stream in Hampshire in southern England, home to salmon and trout hit by climate change.A summer of record-breaking temperatures and drought is threatening the ecological balance of rare chalk streams — rivers formed on chalk beds that are largely unique to England — and the fish that depend on them.Wading through a branch of the Itchen near Winchester, Piscatorial Society Fisheries Director Robert Wellard, a recreational angler, dipped a thermometer into the clear water, drawing a reading of 17°C.