Pundeavon – Final tasks

After speaking with Scottish Water we decided that more gill netting was unlikely to reveal anything new and instead decided to try electrofishing around the margins and overhanging banks just in case we could find another species. Gillian and Gordon set off...

Pundeavon Survey Day 2

After deciding that the fish were tight to the bottom following yesterdays results, we set the majority of the nets deep overnight. First light this morning we were back on site to check our  catch. We were beaten to the water by a lone fisherman who was already...

Fenwick Water fish kill * UPDATED *

This evening I received a call from Sam Hudson informing me that fish had been killed on the Fenwick Water in the area where we stocked the fish rescued from Kilmarnock Water in March. SEPA were called but unfortunately he duty officer was in East Kilbride and by the...

Fenwick Water fish kill

This evening I received a call from Sam Hudson informing me that fish had been killed on the Fenwick Water in the area where we stocked the fish rescued from Kilmarnock Water in March. SEPA were called but unfortunately he duty officer was in East Kilbride and by the...

Doon egg trials

The egg trials on the Doon were concluded today when we lifted and examined the boxes that had been in the river since January. We decided to run this trial to answer questions raised about the lack of fish spawning in certain areas and also to see what impact diffuse...