The River Forth Fisheries Trust have reported on Facebook problems with diseased eels being found in the River Dee by the Dee Fisheries Trust and on the Spey. The eels have been returning to the river with large lesions on there bodies and have subsequently died.

Authorities are looking into what is going on but if you spot any eels in the Forth with the same symptoms then drop the Fisheries Trust an email at trust@fishforth.co.uk or call the office 0131 445 1527