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Next Girvan DSFB Meeting

by Stuart Brabbs | May 21, 2021 | General | 0 Comments

NOTICE OF MEETING RIVER GIRVAN DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD Date of Meeting: Wednesday 2nd June, 2021 Venue: Zoom Meeting...

Nethermills Hydro Scheme on the Ayr

by Stuart Brabbs | May 19, 2021 | Conservation, General | 0 Comments

A temporary fish pass has been approved by SEPA and built by the contractor's working at Nethermills. Over the weekend, after receiving SEPA's consent, Bailey's team constructed the timber fish pass in Bolton and brought it with them on Monday when they returned to...

Used Fish tackle and Tools for sale

by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 6, 2021 | General | 0 Comments

Things have been slow for the Trust with staff furloughed (for a proportion of each week) as a result of lockdown restricting our activities. Never the less, we have been doing what we can and recently were asked for help with sell fishing tackle and tools for a...

River Stinchar DSFB Meeting March 2021

by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 15, 2021 | Events, General | 0 Comments

NOTICE OF MEETING RIVER STINCHAR DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD DATE OF MEETING: WEDNESDAY 31ST MARCH VENUE: ZOOM MEETING. JOINING DETAILS TO FOLLOW TIME: 4.00PM TYPE: BOARD MEETING

River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board Meeting March 2021

by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 12, 2021 | Events, General | 0 Comments

NOTICE OF MEETING RIVER DOON DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD DATE OF MEETING: WEDNESDAY 24TH MARCH 2021 VENUE: ZOOM...

Catch Data

by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 8, 2021 | Conservation, General | 0 Comments

The catch data from the 4 DSFB controlled rivers has been submitted for publication in the FMS annual review now. We can't complete this for the Irvine and Garnock as we don't receive all the catch returns which is unfortunate. These totals are based on Salmon...

Scale Reading Analysis of Rod Caught Farmed Salmon in 2020

by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 2, 2021 | Conservation, General | 0 Comments

The scale reading analysis report of the escaped farmed salmon from Carradale in 2020 reported captured by anglers is now available. ART undertook the scale reading analysis of samples provided by anglers. Our findings were largely corroborated by Marine Science...

Summer 2020 Video Log

by Struan Candlish | Feb 11, 2021 | Conservation, Electrofishing, Events, fishing, General, Invasives | 0 Comments

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...