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Summer 2020 Video Log

By Struan Candlish On February 11, 2021 · Add Comment
With Covid restrictions we’re all suffering from a bit of cabin fever!   We’ve produced a short film detailing some of our work from last summer. In 2021 we aim to produce regular short films of our work and the project that we are involved in.   Please let us know if you enjoyed this [...]
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Merry Christmas

By Stuart Brabbs On December 18, 2020 · Add Comment
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Girvan and Stinchar salmon spawning.

On December 16, 2020 By Struan Candlish
A short film about salmon spawning on the Girvan and Stinchar, south-west Scotland, Ayrshire. With water levels and temperatures both falling, the salmon wasted no time in getting on with the job of spawning. Enjoy!  
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ART on Countryfile.

On December 8, 2020 By Struan Candlish
On Sunday evening BBC’s Countryfile aired a report on the challenges facing the Scottish salmon industry. In the last completed production cycle there was a 26% mortality rate of farmed salmon and in August alone 48,834 farmed fish escaped into the natural environment with very real prospects of damaging wild fish stocks through issues such [...]
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ART move to a new rural office location

On September 29, 2020 By Stuart Brabbs
It’s been a hectic few weeks for the staff at ART as we’ve been heavily involved in scale sampling, electrofishing, crayfish monitoring and worst of all, moving office at a really inconvenient time of the year. This was forced on us by new owners at Auchincruive who wanted our old office for conversion to housing. [...]
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More guidance to identify Farmed salmon

On September 8, 2020 By Stuart Brabbs
Fishery Management Scotland has just published a new guide to show how to identify farmed salmon.  200908-Aqua-Guidance-for-Anglers Our own video can can be viewed by following this link o the film.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwKwPv1yGBM&t=94s 
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How to identify a Farmed Salmon

On September 5, 2020 By Stuart Brabbs
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This link below takes you to a short video showing key things to look for when you catch a fish and how to identify if its a Farmed Salmon. With 48,000 fish escaping from Carradale 3 weeks ago, they are beginning to turn up in our rivers and they pose a huge threat to wild [...]
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Advice on what to do if you catch a farmed salmon

On August 31, 2020 By Stuart Brabbs
Here’s a link to the latest guidance produced by collaboration with stakeholders such as ART, Fisheries  Trusts and District Salmon Fishery Boards, FHI and MSS and published by Fishery management Scotland. http://fms.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200825-Aqua-Guidance-on-escapees.pdf  
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Preparing for Crayfish Surveys

On August 28, 2020 By Stuart Brabbs
I’ve spent this evening getting Crayfish traps ready for use. It’s incredible that the most widely used traps on the market don’t catch the tiny juvenile crayfish as their mesh size is too big. Scientific studies elsewhere have shown a significant increase in effectiveness is achieve by covering the traps in a 1/4″ mesh. I’ve [...]
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fencing brings benefits on the Glenstang Burn – River Ayr catchment

On August 28, 2020 By Stuart Brabbs
A year or two ago, a simple electric scare fence was erected on the Glenstang Burn near Stair. This prevented cattle accessing the water margin in the bottom half of a field but open grazing remained on the upper section where erosion continued to occurred around trees as cattle sought shelter and drank from the [...]
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    • Summer 2020 Video Log February 11, 2021
    • Merry Christmas December 18, 2020
    • Girvan and Stinchar salmon spawning. December 16, 2020
    • ART on Countryfile. December 8, 2020
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    • More guidance to identify Farmed salmon September 8, 2020
    • How to identify a Farmed Salmon September 5, 2020
    • Advice on what to do if you catch a farmed salmon August 31, 2020
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