by Muir Glendinning | Mar 1, 2019
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 2, 2016
Description Atlantic Salmon face a number of pressures during their life cycle. These include but are not limited to: predation poor water quality disease and parasites barriers to migration poor physical habitat quality food availability factors affecting survival...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 12, 2013
Salmon and sea trout catch returns for each of the major Ayrshire rivers. The Trust supports boards and local managers through the continual assessment of fish stocks and identifying pressures within each catchment that limit productivity. Recent trends of declining...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 8, 2013
ART strive to improve fish access across the catchments through the removal or mitigation of barriers. One of the greatest barriers to migration is man-made structures such as disused weirs, of which there are plenty in Ayrshire. The Scotland & Northern Ireland...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 8, 2013
Ayrshire Rivers Trust has produced an Ayrshire Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) which describes the freshwater fish and fishery resource in Ayrshire, identifies limiting factors and recommends management actions to resolve or improve problem areas. The FMP will direct...