Stronger control on killing wild salmon

The Scottish Government today announced its plans to undertake a public consultation in 2015 on the killing of wild salmon in Scotland.The consultation will seek views on a conservation measure to ban killing wild salmon except under licence, along with an...

Another survey

After collecting habitat recording sheets from the office this morning, Gordon and I headed to Fairlie to survey Glenburn. This wee burn once supported a few sea trout and an occasional salmon in the lower reaches but as far as we can ascertain, this was some time...

Observations on the Assel

On the way back from the CIRB conference, we dropped in on the Duisk and Stinchar catchments to see if there were any signs of spawning yet. Whilst we didn’t see any activity, we did discover some works that have been performed recently on the Assel that raised...

CIRB Conference

On Monday and Tuesday, the staff attended the CIRB conference in Stranraer accompanied by our Chairman and vice Chair. The event was organised to share lessons learned over the course of the 4 years that the CIRB project has run and good practice that has developed as...

River Girvan DSFB meeting and AGM

Just a quick reminder that the River Girvan DSFB AGM and Board meeting takes places this evening in Maybole at the Carrick Centre at 6.30pm for the Board meeting and 7.45pm for the AGM. These meetings are open to the public.