The Avon Roach Project Book

The Avon Roach Project was formed in response to the catastrophic decline of roach in the Hants Avon, confirmed in the EA fish stock survey of 2005 which revealed that the species was absent in many stretches and possibly already below critical mass and unlikely to recover naturally in the middle reaches of the river.

Through pioneering techniques, lots of good fortune, hard work and support we managed to help arrest the decline and assist a level of recovery few could have imagined – even us.

This book is a detailed, ‘warts and all’ chronicle, in our own words, of the most extraordinary journey.