News
Public Consultation Launched
Public consultation on proposed consultation measures to introduce a licensing system for killing wild salmon in Scotland has today been launched by the Scottish Government. Details on the consultation and information on how you can respond can be found at:...
Irvine Catch Data for 2013
Annually ART compiles catch data from all Ayrshire Rivers for inclusion in the Association of Salmon Fishery Board's annual report. As the Rivers Irvine and Garnock don't have a District Salmon Fishery Board, catch data are submitted by Angling Club Secretaries to...
Cheapside Street Weir progress
Two or so years since I first reported to Scottish Water that the weir at Cheapside Street in Kilmarnock was crumbling as a result of the work in the Kilmarnock Water, today I attended a meeting with Scottish Water, SEPA and Aecom to discuss options on stabilising the...
River Doon Spate
Rainfall has kept the river levels up across Ayrshire in recent weeks with spate after spate raising waters near the bank tops and beyond. The Doon is slightly different to other Ayrshire Rivers due to the artificial levels supplied as compensation flow from Loch Doon...
Dean Ford update
Over the holiday period, the Kilmarnock Water rose to one of the highest levels recorded in the last 10 years and predictably, there was a mass of timber carried downstream. At the new box culvert bridge being installed to replace the old ford, a substantial quantity...
Catrine
Following last week's spate, I headed back to the dam today to see how things had held up following the flood. I didn't really expect to see any problems but rather surprisingly there were two small issues obvious. The coarse trash bollards that were installed...
Good News
It's been a difficult year financially or the Trust with funding extremely difficult to secure in the current financial climate. This morning we received a call from Scottish Power informing us that they are going to support our Loch Doon Project that is designed to...
Scotland’s Marine Plan
I've attached a link to the Scottish Government's Marine plan that will be the central to their plans for 2015. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0046/00465865.pdf With changes afoot in Scotlands Wild Fisheries and further increase in Aquaculture and off shore...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
