Fisheries Conservation Officer

The Wyre Rivers Trust is a registered charity with a remit to improve the ecological status of
the River Wyre and its catchment.

Founded by three angling clubs and supported by many community groups, the Trust started small
with localised projects to improve habitat, especially spawning conditions, for all fish species and completed
with contractors and volunteers. However, since 2013 the Trust has grown, became host of the Wyre Waters
Catchment Partnership and is now delivering works at the catchment scale with a host of far-reaching
benefits.

Projects address a range of issues impacting upon biodiversity, water quality, and water
quantity, and tackle these with solutions such as natural flood management, habitat creation and habitat
connectivity. The Trust has recently created an Integrated Catchment Plan containing a comprehensive list of priorities
within the Wyre catchment, reviewed and agreed by our partners. Following this process the trust was successful
in securing funding to support the Brock and Calder Landscape Recovery Project, one of a number of national
projects working to deliver the highest tier of the Environmental Land Management Schemes. Within this
project, there are five posts which WRT will recruit for in the first 6 months of delivery upon project aims.

The FCO will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of a catchment wide
electrofishing programme to provide the evidence baseline and inform the next phase of project interventions. They will
also help deliver the largest fish passage project ever undertaken in the Wyre Catchment comprising two fish passes
on the River Calder, along with further fish passage works on the River Wyre should funding become
available. There will also be the opportunity to deliver a smolt emigration study on the River Calder, providing data pre
& post the fish passage works to evaluate success.

The role will be split between home-based working in the north Lancashire area and the Wyre RT
Offices in Thornton, Lancashire. The candidate will be expected to work across the entire catchment and a
large amount of time within any given week will be spent outside. The officer will report to the Wyre Rivers
Trust General Manager and Chairman.

Please see the full job description attached below. To apply, please send an application form,
covering letter and CV to [email protected] by
Monday 22nd April 2024.