Category: Management

  • Change of Administration for the River Ayr DSFB

    Change of Administration for the River Ayr DSFB

    As from the 1st October 2020, the River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board has appointed new administrators to managed their affairs under the guidance of the Clerk to the DSFB Forbes Watson. The new administrators are Ayrshire Rivers Trust. All correspondence for Clerk or the administrators should be sent to the Board and marked as River…

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  • Fish pass maintenance

    Fish pass maintenance

    While the Board actively encourage landowners/operators to maintain their assets on the rivers within the catchment, it is not the DSFB’s responsibility to clear fish passes for them. Indeed the Board doesn’t empoly staff capable of doing so. The Board however, being a statutory body can pursue landowners that fail to manage and maintain fish…

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  • Changes to the Board’s operation

    Changes to the Board’s operation

    The Ayr DSFB met yesterday for the first time since ‘lockdown’ commenced. The pandemic has made it impossible to hold a public board meeting or AGM for some time but there were urgent matters needing addressed and the Board met in open air yesterday to attend to these matters. Forbes Watson has been retained as…

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  • Next DSFB meeting

    Next DSFB meeting

    The next River Ayr DSFB meeting will be held in Private following social distancing rules and as such the meeting won’t be open to the Public. While we understand this is unfortunate, it is also unavoidable under current Scottish Government Covid 19 guidance. The Board has several pressing issues to discuss and decided to meet…

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  • Angling during ‘Lock Down’

    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

    Minutes from the Ayr Board Meeting 28/01/20

    Minutes 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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  • Catch returns from 2019      UPDATED

    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

    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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  • The end of the Fishing Season

    The end of the Fishing Season

    Well that’s another salmon and trout fishing season over and while we expect it was better than in 2018, it still wasn’t a particularly good season. The Autumn run was again poor but thankfully, there were still a few fish making it upstream. The Lugar often has the better back end run and we will…

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