by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 25, 2015 | General
The Scottish Government’s new proposals to “Ban the Killing of Wild Salmon except under licence and accompanying carcass tagging scheme’ are far reaching and will certainly affect every salmon angler in Scotland one way or another. This follows...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 24, 2015 | Conservation, Electrofishing
We surveyed fish on the Culroy Burn (near Minnishant in South Ayrshire) at a couple of sites today ahead of the fencing and bank stabilisation works going ahead in the next week or two. We will fish another site immediately downstream of the work next week. This...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 23, 2015 | Conservation
At the end of the day on our way back to the office we dropped into Auchendrane on the Doon to see how I & H Boreland Contractors were progressing with the new notch and baulk fish pass. Both side walls were complete and work to the crest and base were underway....
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 23, 2015 | Electrofishing
We were out surveying an area on the Doon today looking at the potential impacts of development on the fish and Fresh Water Pearl Mussel population. While it isn’t in a spawning area and fry numbers weren’t expected to be notable, there were a few fry...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 21, 2015 | Invasives
We have been receiving a few calls about giant hogweed over the past week so i though it best that we update everyone on our progress across Ayrshire. Contractors are currently working their way up the Annick Water so should be approaching Stewarton over the next day...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 20, 2015 | Electrofishing
Timed surveys got underway today starting on the upper River Ayr. We did’t get started until late morning due to a problem that came up however we decided to head straight to the upper catchment as it seemed most likely to have lower water levels than elsewhere...