Escapes of farmed fish can have a range of negative impacts on Scotland’s native fish. This can include weakening the […]
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Advice 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 MoreWeek Commencing 24th August 2020.
Last week’s forecast was a little more accurate and for the third week in a row there was a small […]
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 MoreStorm Damage at Carradale North Salmon Farm – what happened and what happens next?
What Happened? Following storm damage and subsequent escape of nearly 50,000 adult salmon from Carradale North Salmon Farm last week, […]
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 […]
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