Concerns raised about proposed hydro scheme – Fisheries Management Scotland

Concerns have been raised by the Tay District Salmon Fishery Board about the potential impact of a proposed run of river hydro scheme. These concerns relate to the potential impact on salmon spawning grounds and angling on a popular beat on the River Isla.

Scottish and Southern Energy has gone out to public consultation on its plans to use a six-mile stretch of the Isla for a hydroelectric scheme that would involve water being fed through an underground pipeline system to a generating station before being returned to the river six miles downstream, just above the village of Alyth.