by Struan Candlish | Dec 16, 2020 | Conservation, fishing, General
A short film about salmon spawning on the Girvan and Stinchar, south-west Scotland, Ayrshire. With water levels and temperatures both falling, the salmon wasted no time in getting on with the job of spawning. Enjoy!...
by Struan Candlish | Dec 8, 2020 | Conservation, Events, General
On Sunday evening BBC’s Countryfile aired a report on the challenges facing the Scottish salmon industry. In the last completed production cycle there was a 26% mortality rate of farmed salmon and in August alone 48,834 farmed fish escaped into the natural...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 8, 2020 | Conservation
Fishery Management Scotland has just published a new guide to show how to identify farmed salmon. 200908-Aqua-Guidance-for-Anglers Our own video can can be viewed by following this link o the film....
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 5, 2020 | Conservation
This link below takes you to a short video showing key things to look for when you catch a fish and how to identify if its a Farmed Salmon. With 48,000 fish escaping from Carradale 3 weeks ago, they are beginning to turn up in our rivers and they pose a huge threat to...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 31, 2020 | Conservation, General
Here’s a link to the latest guidance produced by collaboration with stakeholders such as ART, Fisheries Trusts and District Salmon Fishery Boards, FHI and MSS and published by Fishery management Scotland....
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 28, 2020 | Conservation, General
A year or two ago, a simple electric scare fence was erected on the Glenstang Burn near Stair. This prevented cattle accessing the water margin in the bottom half of a field but open grazing remained on the upper section where erosion continued to occurred around...