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Smolt run is underway and as usual, we need rain
As often happens, we come through winter when it rarely ceases to rain and as soon as our smolt run starts, the rain stops, the rivers drop and smolts become vulnerable and slow moving in ever shallowing pools. The first 3 months of 2020 were wet, incessantly wet with almost 500mm of rain falling in
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Bywash upgraded at Catrine
The long awaited upgrade to the bywash at Catrine Dam was completed a couple of weeks ago just in time for the anticipated smolt run. This new bywash will function along with the old one that didn’t appear to be particularly attractive to smolts migrating downstream in anything but low flows. Hopefully now there will be
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Angling during ‘Lock Down’
We have been contacted by several angling clubs on whether angling is permitted at the current time. The Government announcement on the 23rd of March included the following: The only permissible reasons to leave your home are as follows: -to shop for basic necessities and that should be limited to once a day -to take
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Minutes from the Ayr Board Meeting 28/01/20
in ManagementMinutes from the Board meetings will be published on these web pages once they have been approved by the Board at the next meeting. This will commence with publication of minutes from the meeting of the 28th January 2020 on approval after the next meeting date has yet to be confirmed). Currently there are several
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Smolt migration improvements underway at Catrine
Good news is that the work required at Catrine to improve smolt passage is underway. The Board and ART pressed SEPA to require Catrine Community Renewables to make improvements at Catrine Dam since the scheme was commissioned and while some alterations were made, smolts were still prone to delays in 2019. The original installed bywash
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Catch returns from 2019 UPDATED
The reported catches from all Ayr and Lugar waters are as below: 44 salmon killed, 163 released making a total reported catch of 207 9 sea trout were reported and all were returned. Missing catch data from 4 influential clubs within the catchment – Muirkirk, Tarbolton, Annbank and Ayr. This doesn’t help and it
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Ayr DSFB Meeting
The next River Ayr DSFB will take place on Tuesday 28th January 2020 at 6.00pm in Ayrshire Rivers Trust office. This meeting is open to the public and limited seating will be available.
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Mandatory Conservation Measures for 2020
in ConservationThe Board would like to make all owners, clubs and anglers aware that the entire River Ayr catchment has been designated a ‘Category 3’ river for the 2020 season and mandatory catch and release for all salmon will be required. These conservation measures are a statutory instrument and the Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019
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Kames mine discharge treatment works revisited
in EnvironmentLast week we highlighted that work had started to refurbish the reed beds at the old colliery atKames near Muirkirk. Today we revsited the sire to see how the works were progressing. The first reed bed has been cleared and most of the old silt, reeds and other solids have been removed. The second bed that