Smolts affected by Fungal infection
As regular readers will be aware, we’ve been monitoring smolt movements on the River Ayr through Catrine dam in a custom built fish pass and by-wash for several weeks now. Recently, the number of fish we’ve seen with fungal infection prompted us to call in...Upper Ayr – Industrial heritage vs migration
While we recognise the value of our local industrial heritage, we still see issues for fish migration and fish habitat that arises as a result of mining activity. Of course in recent years, there’s no hiding the many open cast mines that devastated the East...Smolts at Catrine
There were a few more smolts active at Catrine this morning. They were taking grannoms and midges from the surface or at least trying to. It is a hit or a miss to capture these images and you really need to have polaroids on to see the fish coming before they rise and...Next Girvan DSFB meeting announced
Date of Meeting: Thursday 7th June, 2018 Venue: The Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole KA19 7DE Time: 6.30pm Meeting Type: Board Meeting Announced by The Clerk to the District Salmon Fishery Board...Smolt trapping at Catrine
Following issues at Catrine Dam last year during the smolt run, this year we have been monitoring their progress as they head downstream in order to assess output from the upper river and prove (or not) that the fish ladder is working. The fish ladder is an essential...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
