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Drone training with Galloway Fisheries Trust
On Friday Galloway Fisheries Trust (GFT) brought the wet and windy weather to Ayrshire (they didn’t take it back either)! GFT recently bought a drone but with little experience they were keen to get some training and gain confidence with their craft. Having recently...
AYR DSFB AGM and Triennial elections
River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board Notice is hereby given to Upper and Lower Proprietors of Salmon Fishings on the River Ayr and its Tributaries, of the AGM for the year 2018/2019, and the Triennium Election of Members to the Board, which will be held within the...
Next Stinchar DSFB meeting
Date of Meeting: Wednesday 20th March, 2019...
The finishing touches.
We stopped in at Sevenacres Weir this afternoon to install coir matting to protect the toe of a soil slope. With good light and low water levels we were able to take some photos that illustrate just how the brash bundles we installed on the left bank are working. This...
Eel brushes on Garden Weir, Lugton Water.
Often salmon and trout are given greater amounts of attention than our other native fish species, in part due to their popularity amongst anglers and because they are under increasing pressures from a variety of sources. However today we finished the installation of a...
2019 River Categories.
The Government has released the river categorisations having now been passed in Parliament. These gradings will be effectual from April 1st 2019. River Categories are as follows. Irvine -3 Garnock - 2 Ayr - 2 Doon - 2 Girvan - 2 Stinchar - 1 These gradings were...
Temperature Data Logger Download
On Friday of last week Muir and Struan downloaded our remaining temperature data loggers that were placed in the River Ayr catchment as part of Faye Jackson's PhD to assess changes and trends in water temperature in relation to climate change. These data loggers...
Catch per Unit Effort – Further Guidance from Government.
In December last year, Marine Scotland stated that they will be asking fisheries to start recording fishing effort as rod days for salmon fisheries in the 2019 season. Since then a number of questions have arisen. The following document should help answer the various...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
