by Struan Candlish | Aug 2, 2019 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General, Invasives
We have received a report that a non-native Pacific pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha has been caught on the lower River Irvine. This has still to be confirmed but if you are confident you have caught a pink salmon then the fish should be dispatched humanely and...
by Struan Candlish | Jun 14, 2019 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General
Join us on the 3rd July at the University West Scotland Ayr Campus on the banks of the River Ayr at Craigie for a screening of Patagonia’s Artifishal Film. The film delves into the impact of hatcheries and aquaculture on wild salmon stocks. There is no charge...
by Struan Candlish | May 1, 2019 | Conservation, fishing, General, Invasives
We are offering a training course on invasive non-native species control on the 10th and 11th of June. A great opportunity to learn new skills and do your bit to help control invasive non-native plant species on the Garnock. Applicants must have a Garnock Valley...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 14, 2019 | fishing
Ronald Campbell from the Tweed foundation recently sent me an extract from a book called Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland which provided the author Robert Knox’s rather dim view of the Ayr and the villages in the catchment but this book is a...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 27, 2019 | Conservation, fishing, General
We stopped in at Sevenacres Weir this afternoon to install coir matting to protect the toe of a soil slope. With good light and low water levels we were able to take some photos that illustrate just how the brash bundles we installed on the left bank are working. This...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 27, 2019 | Conservation, fishing, General
Often salmon and trout are given greater amounts of attention than our other native fish species, in part due to their popularity amongst anglers and because they are under increasing pressures from a variety of sources. However today we finished the installation of a...