Having now had some time to digest the contents of the Rural Economic Committee Report on Salmon Farming in Scotland, […]
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Next Ayr DSFB meeting
The next Ayr DSFB meeting will be held in Ayrshire Rivers Trust office at 7.00pm on the 11th December. This […]
Read MoreRiver Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board AGM
The River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board (RADSFB) AGM will be held at ARTs office on the 11th December at […]
Read MoreSkeldon Weir on the Doon
We were at Skeldon Weir on the Doon today to advise the operators of the hydro scheme where timber baulks […]
Read MoreShark attack
We received a report of a dead cetacean along Newton shore at Ayr today. Gillian is a marine and freshwater […]
Read MoreSilt and other issues affecting productivity
Our electrofishing season is all but over thankfully, as the injuries are stacking up and some older members of the […]
Read MoreLandward covers Salmon Farming
Last night, BBC2’s Landward screened an episode examining the performance of salmon farms in Scotland. I watched the programme with […]
Read MoreDyrock problems on the Girvan catchment
On the Dyrock Burn in the Girvan catchment we find salmon in low densities most years but we’ve never really […]
Read MoreAssessing problems in the Stinchar Valley
Today was a long one, but interesting too. Struan and I set off early for the top of the Stinchar […]
Read MoreStinchar tributary monitoring
On Thursday last week we surveyed the Crailoch Burn at two locations, one was our last site for the Government […]
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