Celebrating a Decade’s Work Returning Fish to the River Derwent.
![Photograph showing a fish in a river as people carry out work to count the number of fish.](https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2023/12/Derwent-620x349.jpg)
Since the River Derwent was dammed 300 years ago – at the start of the Industrial Revolution – its fish stocks dwindled. Devoid of fish since the mid-20th century, a project to open it back up to the likes of salmon began in 2013. Now, fish are flourishing along all 20 miles of the Derwent.