Wild Fisheries Reform

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...

Fishery Catch Returns

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...

Fish Barrier Mitigation

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...

Fishery Management Plan

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...