by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 11, 2021 | Conservation, General
By now, there are pictures circulating on social media re a serious pollution incident on the River Ayr at Catrine. We are aware and were in attendance within 15 minutes of hearing of problems. We can’t state any more than the Board have been kept informed...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 24, 2021 | Conservation, General
We were contracted by Scottish Water to remove as many fish as possible from Mill Glen Reservoir near Ardrossan as it was due for decommissioning. Obviously such works first require a license from MSS and also some preparatory investigation to establish which species...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 19, 2021 | Conservation, General
A temporary fish pass has been approved by SEPA and built by the contractor’s working at Nethermills. Over the weekend, after receiving SEPA’s consent, Bailey’s team constructed the timber fish pass in Bolton and brought it with them on Monday when...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 8, 2021 | Conservation, General
The catch data from the 4 DSFB controlled rivers has been submitted for publication in the FMS annual review now. We can’t complete this for the Irvine and Garnock as we don’t receive all the catch returns which is unfortunate. These totals are...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 2, 2021 | Conservation, General
The scale reading analysis report of the escaped farmed salmon from Carradale in 2020 reported captured by anglers is now available. ART undertook the scale reading analysis of samples provided by anglers. Our findings were largely corroborated by Marine Science...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 11, 2021 | Conservation, Electrofishing, Events, fishing, General, Invasives
With Covid restrictions we’re all suffering from a bit of cabin fever! We’ve produced a short film detailing some of our work from last summer. In 2021 we aim to produce regular short films of our work and the project that we are involved in. Please...