News
SFCC 21st Annual conference (and more)
The staff all attended the 21st SFCC AGM and Biologists conference at the start of the week and what a good couple of days they were. SFCC goes from strength to strength under the careful management of Sean Dugand. It's hard to believe Sean has been in post for 6...
Sevenacres fish Pass is completed
Contractors were finishing off their work at Sevenacres on the Lugton Water today. Despite difficult weather conditions and other problems encountered, they have completed their task and provided improved fish passage for the first time in several decades (since the...
2018 Mauchline Rainfall Data
The rainfall total in Mauchline for 2018 is now complete and reveals just how dry 2018 was compared to 2017. As I've only been collecting rainfall for a couple of years, it is hard to state what's average rainfall is for this area however, other local recorders find...
New Year
A Happy New Year to all our readers. May 2019 be a better one for the fish. I received an interesting call yesterday (Hogmanay) informing me that 5 salmon had been seen running through the Alloway Mill beat on the Doon yesterday and they were bars of silver. The...
Marine Harvest change name to Mowi.
Interesting to see that Marine Harvest is having a rebrand, changing their name to Mowi next year. Harking back to their roots, Marine Harvest were originally named Mowi when the company began fish farming in 1964. Since then it became Hydro Seafood under the...
MSS Publish Plans to Gather Catch Effort Data
Last week, Marine Scotland announced their intention to collect rod effort data from fisheries in 2019 (for salmon only). While we agree the catch per unit effort would be extremely beneficial to understanding salmon runs, collecting the necessary data is likely to...
The Rural Economic Committee Report on Salmon Farming in Scotland
Having now had some time to digest the contents of the Rural Economic Committee Report on Salmon Farming in Scotland, we can now make our own brief assessment based on the contents of the report. Instantly, we heard claims of a whitewash or that this report had let...
Next Ayr DSFB meeting
The next Ayr DSFB meeting will be held in Ayrshire Rivers Trust office at 7.00pm on the 11th December. This is a public meeting and all are welcome. Anyone wishing to raise questions are encouraged to contact the Clerk to the Board in advance with the question....
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
