by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 9, 2017 | Conservation
I would like to see progress being made in this location as over the years I’ve been with the Trust I’ve seen thousands of tonnes off soil disappear down the Lugar water from this site. Most of this erosion could have been prevented but historic...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 9, 2017 | Conservation, General
Ahead of this years smolt run we are looking to hold a volunteer morning or afternoon to remove a timber blockage on the Dyrock Burn (a tributary of the River Girvan) downstream of the sewage treatment works near Kirkmichael. Our concern is that this blockage is...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 8, 2017 | Conservation, Electrofishing
As part of the work we are doing at Loch Doon to assess the migration of salmon through the loch and fish pass, we were there again this week setting a fyke net trap and performing some electrofishing to secure a representative sample of what’s there. This...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 4, 2017 | Conservation, General
The Doon DSFB asked the Trust to arrange for fencing to be erected where it was most needed throughout the catchment and for the last 2 years we been working to arrange this. The board agreed to fund up to 40% of the cost of the fencing making it perhaps the most...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 4, 2017 | Events, General
The Clerk to the Doon DSFB asked we post notice of the next meetings. Date of Meetings: Friday 28th April, 2017 Venue: Fraser Coogans Solicitors, Dalblair House, 46 Dalblair Road, Ayr KA8 1UQ Times: Board Meeting – 3.30pm Triennial Meeting – 4.30pm AGM and Public...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 4, 2017 | General
Ahead of this years smolt run we are looking to hold a volunteer morning or afternoon to remove a timber blockage on the Dyrock Burn (a tributary of the River Girvan) downstream of the sewage treatment works near Kirkmichael. Our concern is that this blockage is...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 29, 2017 | Events
The newly constituted Fishery Management Scotland (FMS) held their first members meeting yesterday followed by the FMS conference today. The conference is basically a continuation of the ASFB/RAFTS conference that was held annually for the sector. New chairman...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 22, 2017 | Conservation, General
On a bitterly cold day we headed back to Loch Doon this morning to continue our pH monitoring and tagging project. It wasn’t ideal conditions to be out in but we had to be at Glenlee Power Station near StJohn’s Town of Dalry in the afternoon to attend an...