Compensation payout.

Darvel Angling Club have recently received compensation for the pollution incident that occured on 5/11/2006.

Following protracted negotiations betwen Fish Legal and the contractors insurers, an agreed settlement has been reached.

£7137 was paid to Darvel Angling Club last week to cover the cost of restocking the Gower Burn, an important spawning tributary of the River Irvine.

Thousands of mainly juvenile salmon and trout were killed following the release of slurry into the burn.

ART are pleased that Darvel AC have finally been compensated and hope that it sends a cautionary warning to other farmers and contractors operating in close proximity to a water course.