News
Stronger control on killing wild salmon
The Scottish Government today announced its plans to undertake a public consultation in 2015 on the killing of wild salmon in Scotland.The consultation will seek views on a conservation measure to ban killing wild salmon except under licence, along with an...
Looking for spawners in the upper Doon catchment
It's early yet for Ayrshire but none the less, Gordon and I felt it worthwhile to take a trip to the upper Doon catchment today to see if there was any signs of spawning activity. Against the odds, we hoped that we may find redds on the Garpel Burn upstream of Loch...
Another survey
After collecting habitat recording sheets from the office this morning, Gordon and I headed to Fairlie to survey Glenburn. This wee burn once supported a few sea trout and an occasional salmon in the lower reaches but as far as we can ascertain, this was some time...
Observations on the Assel
On the way back from the CIRB conference, we dropped in on the Duisk and Stinchar catchments to see if there were any signs of spawning yet. Whilst we didn't see any activity, we did discover some works that have been performed recently on the Assel that raised our...
CIRB Conference
On Monday and Tuesday, the staff attended the CIRB conference in Stranraer accompanied by our Chairman and vice Chair. The event was organised to share lessons learned over the course of the 4 years that the CIRB project has run and good practice that has developed as...
River Girvan DSFB meeting and AGM
Just a quick reminder that the River Girvan DSFB AGM and Board meeting takes places this evening in Maybole at the Carrick Centre at 6.30pm for the Board meeting and 7.45pm for the AGM. These meetings are open to the public.
Fisherman’s Supper
The annual Fishermans Supper was held last night in the Abbotsford Hotel in Ayr and a good night was had by all. The evening commenced with former Trustee Alex Anderson being presented with a pair of Burn's Crystal whisky glasses as a gesture of thanks for his many...
Pollution on Kilmarnock Water
Silt pollution is very very damaging and as we approach spawning time, there's nothing more frustrating to see than large volumes of silty water heading downstream from a site who's managers should know better. It was made very clear to RJ McLeods agent at a site...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
