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  • Reducing Silt inputs in the Ayr Catchment

    Reducing Silt inputs in the Ayr Catchment

    Restoration work on Mauchline Burn Ayrshire Rivers Trust recently secured funding for restoration work on the Mauchline Burn (a.k.a. The Chalk River) with the ultimate aim of reducing silt and nutrient inputs and restoring a functional trout and salmon population within this small watercourse. In recent years, the burn has suffered from repeat pollution incidents…

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  • Sorn Castle Dam- New Fish Pass installed by Ayrshire Rivers Trust

    Sorn Castle Dam- New Fish Pass installed by Ayrshire Rivers Trust

    Sorn Castle Dam has long been a concern for salmonid migration having an incomplete Larinier fish pass that was virtually impossible for fish to use. There were no ideal alternatives for lower flow conditions leaving fish struggling to get over if they missed the optimal flow levels. The fish pass was in the process if…

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  • Stair Dam receives some work to help fish passage

    Stair Dam receives some work to help fish passage

    Ayrshire Rivers Trust staff fitted two timber baulks to Stair Dam today in order to help salmon over during periods of low flow. Last year there was such a shortage of water that the fish built up in the stretch downstream while upper beats complained of no fish. With the hydro fully operational since last…

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  • Notice of the DSFBs Annual General Meeting

    Notice of the DSFBs Annual General Meeting

    Notice is hereby given that the River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 7pm in the Kilmarnock Supporters Club on the 15th May. This is a public meeting open to all. Free Car Parking is available at the public car park in Loudon Street opposite CoOp. Car parking is…

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  • River Ayr Annual Meeting of Qualified Proprietors

    River Ayr Annual Meeting of Qualified Proprietors

    Notice is hereby given that the River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board will hold the annual meeting for qualified proprietors on the 8th May 2023 in the Kilmarnock Supporters Club, Mauchline at 7pm. This meeting is only open to qualified proprietors and not members of the public. The DSFB will provide the proprietors with they…

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  • Next River Ayr DSFB meeting

    Next River Ayr DSFB meeting

    The date for the next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting has been announced. The meeting will take place on the 23rd February at 7.00pm. The venue is Ayrshire Rivers Trust office at Braeside, Burnbrae Lodge, Mauchline, KA5 5HE This meeting is open to the Public.  

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  • New Counter at Nethermills

    New Counter at Nethermills

    Ayrshire Rivers Trust have kindly supplied details of how things are going at the new Nethermills counter. While they can’t publish real time counts of the fish entering the river, they can inform readers as to how things are going in terms of the counter’s performance and some details of the fish they have been…

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  • Next Ayr DSFB Meeting

    Next Ayr DSFB Meeting

    The next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting will be held on the 29th August in the Kilmarnock Supporters Club, Mauchline at 7pm. This meeting is a public meeting and all are welcome.

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  • Minutes

    Minutes

    We will publish minutes from Board meetings on the Documents page here. We may also include biologists reports or other points of interest on this page.

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