by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 19, 2016 | Conservation, General
Scottish Government this morning announced a revised package of reforms for the killing of wild salmon in Scotland. Details can be found by following this link: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Salmon-Trout-Coarse/fishreform/licence/status The main contents are...
by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 18, 2015 | Conservation, General
Rather out of the ordinary for ART, this morning saw us visiting a coastal burn in South Ayrshire beyond the Stinchar Valley and adjacent to the water of App. Galloway Fisheries Trust have been dealing with contractors and Scottish Power recently at a site where the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 27, 2015 | Conservation, General
When schools ask for our assistance, very rarely do we ever refuse as education is central to the ethos of the Trust. Today we were joined by a group of advanced higher biology pupils from Wellington School in Ayr who wanted to look at different aquatic invertebrates...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 23, 2015 | Conservation
As previously mentioned on out blog page, we were invited to attend SEPA’s demonstration event to inform landowners of the rules and regulation over ditching, dredging and engineering. The event was held today in Darvel courtesy of Mungo Guthrie who is facing...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 19, 2015 | Conservation, General
Our final attempt to remove the trout from Caaf Rservoir ahead of it being decommissioned has been completed and this time we managed to catch another 600- 650 small brown trout. The total number of wild brown trout captured from this reservoir since May is over 2000...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 15, 2015 | Conservation, General
I’m sure most would agree and we at the Trust certainly are pleased to occasionally get involved in wider aspects of fishery and wildlife management. Back in the days when Pete Minting was with the Trust (in 2007), he managed to secure funding to build Osprey...