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...
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 Stuart Brabbs | May 22, 2020 | Conservation, fishing, General
We often hear complaints that there are no trout in the Ayr despite what we would consider to be a reasonably healthy population. The calls we hear in support of stocking aren’t unique to the Ayr and it seems this strategy is the first option for some clubs and...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 27, 2020 | fishing, General
River Girvan District Salmon Fishery Board 2020 The Water of Girvan has been classified as a category 3 river by the Scottish Government. This means that in the government’s view “exploitation is unsustainable therefore management action is required to reduce...
by Struan Candlish | Jan 15, 2020 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General
It’s a very windy day out there but we made a trip to the Dusk and Lugton Waters this morning looking for potential green engineering sites. The Garnock Connections Landscape Partnership Scheme is a suite of 25 projects restoring a network of wildlife habitats...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 16, 2019 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General
Last week we payed a second visit to some of the pupils at Doonfoot Primary School. With the River Doon raging an in river electrofishing demonstration unfortunately was not a possibility. Rather than let the pupils miss out on getting to see fish up close we managed...