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Ayr DSFB Board meeting
in EventsThe next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting will take place on the 4th November at 7.00pm in Ayrshire Rivers Trust offices. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome.
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Catrine dam in spate
ART published a blog post about Catrine Dam in spate today. This is the first spate since the dam was completed and we are keen to see how fish negotiate the fish pass. http://www.ayrshireriverstrust.org/blog/2014/10/04/catrine-dam-in-spate/
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An interesting link
ART posted a blog on the numbers of trout they are seeing in the Lugar and on the Ayr this season. Whilst brown trout aren’t really the remit of the Board, we are always interested as sea trout are, and there have been recent reports that a few more are returning to the rivers which
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Daldorch Wall completed
Underpinning at the Daldorch wall has been completed and the contractors have finished all works in stream. ART raised their concerns to SEPA over the approach taken to dam the site using river stone. SEPA acknowledged this hadn’t been a good approach and not as detailed in the CAR licence issued, but the damage had been done
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Catrine dam refurbishment completed
in EnvironmentART have reported that Catrine Dam has been completed this week and all works to stabilise the structure are finished. More work is required to complete the fish and eel passes including fixing a baffle to stop the standing wave that appeared after the bypass channel was opened (it draws too much water for the
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Catrine Updates
in GeneralHere is a link to ART’s website where they posted updates on the works in Catrine area. Some concerns here but the good news is that the dam refurbishment is nearly complete. Well done to ART for highlighting the other issues. http://www.ayrshireriverstrust.org/blog/2014/09/12/catrine-works-progress-update/
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Worrying Glenmuir Electrofishing Results
In the last week, ART staff fished the upper gravel extraction site on the Glenmuir. ART have fished this site annually since 2006 and this years results were poorer than any other year. With this in mind, Stuart looked at the rests more closely to identify exactly what the trend is and to see what other information
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AYR Board Meeting
The next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery meeting will be held on the 9th September at 7.00pm in Ayrshire Rivers Trust offices at 1 Gibbs Yard Auchincruive, Ayr, KA6 5HW. This meeting is open to the Public and all are welcome. Seating will be available for up to 20 non Board members.
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New works start at Catrine
Jamieson Plant and Contractors from Maybole have started work at the footbridge at Catrine to underpin the wall on the Daldorch side of the river. This is an East Ayrshire Council job and is deemed essential due to the extent of undermining below the wall. Today the contractors have made a ramp into the river and