Category: Conservation
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Nethermills Hydro Update
Contractors faced difficulties when they entered the river to start excavating a pool below where the Archimedes Screw turbine with sit. They has installed a temporary dam made of tonne bags filled with stone however, it soon became obvious that the depths would not allow them to carry on working while keeping the lower fish…
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Hydro Development at Nethermills
Work at Nethermills is underway to build an Archimedes Screw type hydro scheme. This work will continue all summer and autumn but by November should be complete and the new green energy supply operational. However, there’s a lot to be done and fish passage must be maintained throughout the construction period although it is accepted…
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Smolt Migration at Catrine
With April being a very dry month, flow in the river is at base levels and as low as we’ve seen for many years. At the time when smolts are descending the river, this is a worrying time as they are easily delayed by a lack of water and this leaves them vulnerable to predation…
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Code of Conduct for River Ayr anglers 2021
River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board Code of Conduct 2021. The river and its tributaries are Category 3 status and all rod caught salmon must be returned. The National policy for catch and release in a category 3 river applies to the River Ayr in 2021. It is mandatory that all angling clubs and anglers…
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A video guide to identifying farmed salmon
in ConservationAyrshire Rivers Trust has produced a video guide detailing the key indicators that can be used to distinguish farmed from wild salmon. The latest escape of salmon from the Carradle fish farm are beginning to turn up in our rivers so keep an eye out for them. Under the Conservation Regulations introduced in 2016 by…
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Wild or Farmed?
Ayrshire Rivers Trust received a video call today from an angler who had just caught a salmon on the Irvine that he thought may be a farmed fish escaped from Carradale 3 weeks ago. Impressed by his ingenuity we quickly were able to confirm that indeed this was an escaped farmed salmon and it…
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The Latest advice on what to do if you catch an escaped farmed salmon
Following the escape of 48,000+ farmed salmon at Carradale in the Firth of Clyde 2 weeks ago, reports are now reaching fishery managers that a few of these fish are beginning to turn up in Ayrshire’s rivers. Please look closely at any fish and make the right decisions. Here’s a link to the latest guidance produced…
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Fish Farm escapes at Carradale, Firth of Clyde
Ayrshire Rivers Trust are working closely with Fishery Management Scotland, other neighbouring Trusts and DSFBs to respond to the fish farm escape of salmon into the Forth of Clyde at Carradale. MOWI have now managed to assess all cages and provided a count on the fish they have lost. Over 48,000 salmon around 4.3kg in…
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New baffles to improve fish passage
in ConservationMauchline and Ballochmyle Angling Club collaborated with Ayrshire Rivers Trust to improve fish migration into the Bogend Burn at Catrine where two culverts in the lower burn prevented most fish from migrating upstream. The Club secured funding from Cumnock and Doon Valley Minerals Trust to allow both culverts to be retro fitted with baffle systems…