A Stinchar caught farmed salmon Fishery Management Scotland has just published a new guide to show how to identify farmed…
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How to identify a Farmed Salmon
This link below takes you to a short video showing key things to look for when you catch a fish…
Read MoreAdvice on what to do if you catch a farmed salmon
Here’s a link to the latest guidance produced by collaboration with stakeholders such as ART, Fisheries Trusts and District Salmon…
Read MorePreparing for Crayfish Surveys
I’ve spent this evening getting Crayfish traps ready for use. It’s incredible that the most widely used traps on the…
Read Morefencing brings benefits on the Glenstang Burn – River Ayr catchment
A year or two ago, a simple electric scare fence was erected on the Glenstang Burn near Stair. This prevented…
Read MoreGreen Engineering on the Girvan _progress since April 2016
These trees were the upper limit of our intervention and they have developed well allowing the bank to stabilise and…
Read MoreCloyntie Burn in the Girvan catchment
Another burn and another culvert that causes problems; the Cloyntie Burn in the Girvan catchment is a tributary of the…
Read MoreFarmed Salmon reporting form
Here is the reporting form that should be completed and returned along with scale samples, photos, location etc for anyone…
Read MoreCarradale Fish Farm Incident
Here is a link to Fishery Management Scotland’s web site where they provide the latest updates on the massive escape…
Read MorePollution incident kills fish
I don’t want to say too much here as we await SEPA’s response to a pollution incident that occurred in…
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