Dean Ford update

Despite speaking to the site agent and foreman when I highlighted the importance of protecting the spawning gravel from fine sediments the last time I visited, I received a message last week that the Kilmarnock Water was once again dirty as a result of works at this...

Christmas Raffle – Winners

The Christmas raffle draw took place at the Chesnuts Hotel in Ayr on Friday evening with John Scott MSP kindly making the draw for us again. Below is a list of the winners and their prizes, we will be in touch to arrange delivery and some will be sent out in the post....

Stronger control on killing wild salmon

The Scottish Government today announced its plans to undertake a public consultation in 2015 on the killing of wild salmon in Scotland.The consultation will seek views on a conservation measure to ban killing wild salmon except under licence, along with an...

Another survey

After collecting habitat recording sheets from the office this morning, Gordon and I headed to Fairlie to survey Glenburn. This wee burn once supported a few sea trout and an occasional salmon in the lower reaches but as far as we can ascertain, this was some time...

Observations on the Assel

On the way back from the CIRB conference, we dropped in on the Duisk and Stinchar catchments to see if there were any signs of spawning yet. Whilst we didn’t see any activity, we did discover some works that have been performed recently on the Assel that raised...