Lugton Barrier easement
Approximately 14 years ago, my predecessor, Brian Shaw commenced the process of increasing awareness of the barrier that was Sevenacres Weir. This dam once had a fish pass on the left bank but that had collapsed many years ago leaving little prospect of salmon and...Sea Lice out of control on Scottish Salmon Farms
Having just watched the appalling but sanitised exposé of mass mortalities of farmed salmon on a Scottish fish farm featured on the One Show yesterday, I noted that despite the programmes coverage of these disturbing circumstances, the BBC presenters quickly skimmed...Greenland Subsistence Fishery Data Collection Blog
To all the Trusts across Scotland, Sean Dugan who is employed by Fisheries Management Scotland and manages the Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre is well known for the tremendous work he does. Sean is currently in Greenland as part of the sampling team who are...Duisk Water Juvenile Salmon Monitoring
Yesterday we were on the Duisk (Stinchar catchment) continuing with the Government surveys. Despite the rain we got another couple completed with reasonable numbers of juvenile salmonids recorded at both sites. The heavy afternoon and overnight rain has swept away...National Electrofishing Monitoring
As many readers will be aware, MSS were criticised by biologists around the country for not having included local electrofishing data into the decision making process when determining Conservation status and the subsequent Conservation Measures for salmon rivers in...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
