by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 1, 2016 | Conservation, Events, General
Last year we reported on major erosion on the Girvan catchment at Kilkerran. You can view the blog post by clicking on the link. To help combat this, we will hold a volunteer day on Saturday the 16th of April and we hope to welcome volunteers willing to lend a hand...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 1, 2016 | Conservation, General
The weir behind Minnishant on the Culroy Burn isn’t a complete barrier to migration but I’ve no doubt that it stopped some fish from progressing upstream and it was on our list for some improvements in the next year or two. At well over 1m high and 10m...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 25, 2016 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
When we arrived to continue our salmon tagging on Thursday morning, Carrick Lane was still low and fishable despite some overnight rain so we quickly secured another sample of salmon pre smolts from the burn. Tagging is time consuming due to all the recording we are...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 23, 2016 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
As part of the management project focusing on identifying migration and survival issues in the Doon catchment above Loch Doon dam, we were there this afternoon to capture salmon parr and pre smolts then insert Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT Tags). We would...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 9, 2016 | Conservation, General
Here’s the link to the Rural Affairs Committee meeting that took place this morning after an motion to annul the proposed legislation on mandatory conservation measures for wild salmon. It explains the governments position and response to many areas of concern...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 14, 2016 | Conservation, General
The historic weirs of Ayrshire, and by that I mean relics of a past age of no particular interest to anyone and serving no useful purpose in the 21st Century, are slowly succumbing to the ravages of time and lack of maintenance. Another obstacle to fish passage has...