by Jenny McNeill | May 3, 2026 | Uncategorised
A pollution incident in Moray has killed a significant number of fish and other wildlife including eels and birds. A chemical, thought to be caustic soda, is understood to have entered the water at the Knockando burn, which flows into the River Spey, in the...
by Jenny McNeill | Apr 30, 2026 | Uncategorised
Chalk-stream salmon should be officially classified as a sub-species, new research suggests. Scientists from the University of Exeter and INRAe (France) carried out detailed genetic testing of salmon from 42 rivers in England, Ireland and France – including fish from...
by Jenny McNeill | Apr 29, 2026 | Uncategorised
The Chief Statistician has released figures for all of Scotland showing that total salmon catch by all methods in 2025 was the lowest, and total sea trout catch the second lowest, since records began in 1952. Salmon Reported rod catch of salmon (28,020) is the lowest...
by Jenny McNeill | Apr 28, 2026 | Uncategorised
April’s Citizen Science Month has seen an impressive surge in activity across the River Tweed catchment, with volunteers from the Tweed Foundation’s Guardians of the Tweed programme playing a vital role in monitoring river health. Citizen scientists have been out in...
by Jenny McNeill | Apr 20, 2026 | Uncategorised
Long after the high is gone, illegal drugs linger in the environment. Cocaine and its breakdown products, for example, are found in rivers and lakes worldwide. And like children living with secondhand smoke, wildlife in polluted waters—including tiny crustaceans,...
by Jenny McNeill | Apr 6, 2026 | Uncategorised
NOTICE OF NEXT BOARD MEETING You are hereby given formal notice of the Next Board Meeting of the River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board: DATE: Wednesday 22 April 2026TIME: 6:30pmMEETING TYPE: Board Meeting NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF QUALIFIED PROPRIETORS You are...
