Fisheries Management Scotland

Vacancies within Fisheries Management Scotland will be posted below when available.

 

District Salmon Fishery Boards/ Rivers and Fisheries Trusts

Vacancies within our member network and where relevant more widely are posted below when they become available.

 

Ythan District Salmon Fishery Board - Clerk to the Board

The Ythan District Salmon Fishery Board a statutory body responsible for the protection and enhancement of Atlantic salmon and sea trout fisheries in the Ythan District, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 

They are currently seeking a new Clerk to the Ythan District Salmon Fishery Board.

The core duties are to organise and attend Board meetings, take the minutes and, crucially, to provide good governance in ensuring the Board adheres to the 2003 and 2013 Acts, as well as any other relevant legislation regarding the Board’s operation and legal compliance.

The Clerk is responsible for issuing the fishery assessments to proprietors and chasing up any arrears. It is important to recognise that if any legal action is taken against the Board, it is usually taken against the Clerk, in the same way that it would be against a Company Secretary.

The Clerk of the Ythan District Fishery Board is the representative of the Board and as such must be prepared to attend meetings of many different bodies to represent the interests of The Board.

Please contact Mark Andrew on 07799 334973 or email markhtandrew@gmail.com if you are interested in applying for the role.

For more information about the Board including it's role and responsibilities, establishment and legislation, official powers and duties, current board members, funding and meetings please see our Ythan District Salmon Fishery Board page on the site.

 

Galloway Fisheries Trust - FIRNS Internship

A paid internship is available from October 2025 for 6 months to work with Galloway Fisheries Trust on our ‘River Annan Restoration Project’.

The intern will help to deliver a varied range of tasks and responsibilities surrounding the role of Nature Finance in habitat restoration, while providing opportunities to learn and develop their professional skills.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist in developing restoration sites for the ‘River Annan Restoration’ project (including site identification, liaising with landowners / key stakeholders, site walkovers, habitat surveys, planning and mapping restoration works).
• Assist with planning and delivery of community events.
• Explore and produce report on youth engagement, researching how the project can work to become more visible, relevant and of interest to young people.

• Assist in the overall dissemination of GFT work to a wider audience particularly using social media.

The candidate should be fit, motivated and hardworking.  There will be a requirement to undertake some lone working.  A full valid driving license is required.  The position will be based at Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway however a lot of the work will take place in the Annan catchment.

This full time, fixed term intern post is a wonderful opportunity for someone with a suitable ecological / conservation qualification to develop their skills and work experience.  They will gain valuable experience in natural capital enhancement work and how to develop and deliver nature restoration projects.  The project has a training budget to cover GIS, First Aid and Habitat surveying methods including Phase 1 and MoRPh).

Salary will be £441 a week.  Closing date for applications is noon 27^th August 2025.

Face to face interviews plan to be held on the 9th September 2025 in Newton Stewart.

To apply please send a CV and covering letter addressed to Heather Ridgway at heather@gallowayfisheriestrust.org

The River Annan Restoration Project is delivered by GFT (working closely with the Annan DSFB) supported by NatureScot, through the Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS) and the National Lottery.