by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 8, 2021 | Conservation, General
The catch data from the 4 DSFB controlled rivers has been submitted for publication in the FMS annual review now. We can’t complete this for the Irvine and Garnock as we don’t receive all the catch returns which is unfortunate. These totals are...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 2, 2021 | Conservation, General
The scale reading analysis report of the escaped farmed salmon from Carradale in 2020 reported captured by anglers is now available. ART undertook the scale reading analysis of samples provided by anglers. Our findings were largely corroborated by Marine Science...
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 Stuart Brabbs | Dec 18, 2020 | General
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 Struan Candlish | Dec 8, 2020 | Conservation, Events, General
On Sunday evening BBC’s Countryfile aired a report on the challenges facing the Scottish salmon industry. In the last completed production cycle there was a 26% mortality rate of farmed salmon and in August alone 48,834 farmed fish escaped into the natural...