Category: Conservation
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New Web Page Administrator
in ConservationThe River Ayr DSFB agreed last night that the former Administrator would take control of their web page once more to ensure it is kept up to date with news and announcements. In recent months, there have been no posts and essential information on the conservation status and code of conduct for anglers on the…
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Ayr DSFB Code of Conduct
Here’s the revised Code of Conduct for 2017 hat applies to all salmon fishing throughout the catchment. Local Club rules also apply. RIVER AYR DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD (Revised Code of Conduct 2017 Category 2 River ) The National Policy for Catch and Release of Salmon is supported by the Board. The Board requests…
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Marine Scotland Science Salmon Tracking
in ConservationMSS are operating a salmon tracking project that aims to identify where salmon tagged at Armadale on Skye, end up. This project is in addition to conservation measures that have placed restrictions on mixed stock coastal netting. An acoustic tracking receiver was placed in Ayr Habour today by Ayrshire Rivers Trust for MSS and the…
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Tags Wanted Reward
in ConservationMarine Scotland is tracking salmon from July 2017 and would like your help. If you catch a salmon with a tag (as shown in the attached photograph) near the dorsalfin, then please remove it by cutting through the plastic cord to remove the acoustic tag (black cylinder). Please note that the colour of the cord…
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Work continues at Catrine to assess the smolt run
As normal in May, the Grannom hatch has commenced and this evening and smolts are often seen rising for these emerging caddis on the Ayr. It is both fascinating and worrying as there are still hundreds of smolts in the voes but we are attempting to encourage them out overnight, bypassing the turbine house (which isn’t…
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Smolt Trapping at Catrine
To assess the performance of the modifications at Catrine Dam, SEPA require the operators to monitor smolt passage through the structures to establish if there are any impacts on salmon and trout smolts. It is only right that this work is performed to enable adjustments or alterations to be made to protect fish stocks where necessary.…
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Lugar Erosion
in ConservationHere’s an interesting post from Ayrshire Rivers Trust on diffuse pollution and erosion affecting the Lugar Water. http://www.ayrshireriverstrust.org/blog/2017/04/09/lugar-erosion/ This comes after another slurry pollution incident on the Coyle this weekend and some form of detergent or soap on the Glaisnock.
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River bank stabilisation
Ayrshire Rivers Trust aims to deliver a demonstration of willow spilling with the assistance of Board members and volunteers. One area in particular is of interest and has suffered considerable erosion in recent years causing the River Ayr Way to collapse and a power line pole to be relocated. The area in question is at…
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Catrine Fish Counter
As Catrine Community Trust work towards their ambition of generating electricity from their revamped Hydro scheme on the River Ayr, things must be approaching the point where water will soon again flow through the voes and the turbines. We expect the scheme to be commissioned within the next month or so as CCT has just…