by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 25, 2015 | General
It’s been a bad week for pollution with three separate incidents that we are aware of. The first was the incident on the Kilmarnock Water last Tuesday evening which resulted in trout and possibly salmon being killed. SEPA attended and traced the problem to a...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 19, 2015 | fishing
I’m just back from the ASFB/RAFTS conference (which was excellent) with a copy of the latest annual review. This publication gives the catch data from Board rivers (and the Irvine and Garnock) around Scotland and makes interesting reading. The Irvine and Garnock...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 19, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General
I think this is the 3rd successive year that fish have been killed on the Fenwick Water from pollution. SEPA informed the Trust yesterday that there had been a localised incident on the river that resulted in a number of fish (presumed to be trout) dying....
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 13, 2015 | Conservation, General
We ran an online poll on out Facebook page to gauge opinion on questions loosely related to the Scottish Government’s consultation on their proposals to introduce mandatory catch and release without a licence and a carcass tagging system. There were a few...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 11, 2015 | General
In preparation for the Caaf Reservoir fish rescue and the Smolt Project at Loch Doon, our volunteer Rita has been rigging the screen nets ready for these important projects we are about to deliver. It’s a slow process joining 50m rolls of netting and cable tying...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 8, 2015 | Events, General
With Ian’s permission, we have a couple more photos of Bradley to share. Gillian and Bradley are both doing fine and will be home very soon. I can hardly wait to see them both. You’re a star Gillian but Bradley outshines even you. Well done.
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 8, 2015 | Conservation, General
Gordon and I stopped off at Kilkerran yesterday to see how the bank reinforcements were holding up following the high water levels much of this winter. The problems with erosion at Kilkerran arose after the river was straightened many years ago. As normally happens...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 7, 2015 | Events
I’ve just received a phone call from Ian McIntyre informing me that Gillian (our biologist) gave birth to a healthy baby boy this morning at 8.00am. Bradley weighed in at 7lbs 13.5oz (small salmon size to the uneducated!). Both Gillian and Bradley...