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Tarbolton Landfill Meeting
There will be a Public Meeting held at 7pm on the 4th July 2018 in Tarbolton Primary School where SEPA will be present to update members of the public on the situation at the landfill and answer any questions.
Tarbolton Landfill in Liquidation
Following the operator of Tarbolton Landfill going into voluntary liquidation on the 13th June, concerns have risen over leachate from the site that may be entering the Water of Fail and the River Ayr system. Apparently, there are concerns over the nature of materials...
Middle Girvan Green Engineering
2 years and one month on from when we first installed willow spiling at our green bank engineering sites on the Girvan, we have completed everything we planned to do and achieved almost all our intended results. The demonstration sites will continue to improve over...
Smolts affected by Fungal infection
As regular readers will be aware, we've been monitoring smolt movements on the River Ayr through Catrine dam in a custom built fish pass and by-wash for several weeks now. Recently, the number of fish we've seen with fungal infection prompted us to call in the Fish...
Upper Ayr – Industrial heritage vs migration
While we recognise the value of our local industrial heritage, we still see issues for fish migration and fish habitat that arises as a result of mining activity. Of course in recent years, there's no hiding the many open cast mines that devastated the East Ayrshire...
Smolts at Catrine
There were a few more smolts active at Catrine this morning. They were taking grannoms and midges from the surface or at least trying to. It is a hit or a miss to capture these images and you really need to have polaroids on to see the fish coming before they rise and...
Next Girvan DSFB meeting announced
Date of Meeting: Thursday 7th June, 2018 Venue: The Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole KA19 7DE Time: 6.30pm Meeting Type: Board Meeting Announced by The Clerk to the District Salmon Fishery Board...
Smolt trapping at Catrine
Following issues at Catrine Dam last year during the smolt run, this year we have been monitoring their progress as they head downstream in order to assess output from the upper river and prove (or not) that the fish ladder is working. The fish ladder is an essential...

