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Events: Quiz Night and Fisherman’s supper
The annual ART quiz night will take place on FRIDAY 11th MARCH at the Abbotsford Hotel in Ayr. Teams can be up to four people with an entry fee of £12 per team. Prizes will be awarded on the night and there will also be a raffle. This is an informal evening and is...
Sinchar DSFB Meeting
The Clerk to the River Stinchar District Salmon Fishery Board has requested that we publish the date of the next meeting. Details are provided below. Date of Meeting: Thursday 3rd March, 2016...
Weir Undermined
The historic weirs of Ayrshire, and by that I mean relics of a past age of no particular interest to anyone and serving no useful purpose in the 21st Century, are slowly succumbing to the ravages of time and lack of maintenance. Another obstacle to fish passage has...
Local flood damage
While across Ayrshire, floods on the 30th December reached incredible and often record levels, we have suffered almost constant spate conditions since the middle of October and only recently have water levels dropped back to more normal winter levels. Spawning will...
Flood damage
For those concerned with flood damage and wondering what you can or can't do to repair banks, cross etc, SEPA this week issued guidance rolling the floods which can be found by accessing the link...
Wild Fisheries Reforms: Revised Package of Measures
Scottish Government this morning announced a revised package of reforms for the killing of wild salmon in Scotland. Details can be found by following this link: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Salmon-Trout-Coarse/fishreform/licence/status The main contents are...
INVITATION TO TENDER – SEVENACRES WEIR, LUGTON WATER, AYRSHIRE
Ayrshire Rivers Trust (ART) in partnership with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) are commissioning a project to help deliver a solution to fish passage problems at in-river barriers in Ayrshire. This invitation to tender is to commission a study to...
A winter’s Day
Rather out of the ordinary for ART, this morning saw us visiting a coastal burn in South Ayrshire beyond the Stinchar Valley and adjacent to the water of App. Galloway Fisheries Trust have been dealing with contractors and Scottish Power recently at a site where the...

