News Archive
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Willow Spiling on the Ayr
One year has passed since ART installed willow spiling on the River Ayr at the new Tarholm sewage outfall This technique was used after SEPA recommended a green engineering solution rather than a traditional hard engineering approach that would have included rock armour or rip rap. Scottish Water asked for ART’s advice and assistance and
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News from Ayrshire Rivers Trust on the Dippol at Auchinleck
in ConservationIn 2016 and 2017, Ayrshire Rivers Trust stocked trout sourced from the Lugar into the Dippol Burn near Auchinleck. The original trout were lost around 40 years ago through a pollution incident and with 50′ falls downstream, the burn couldn’t repopulate naturally. ART did this under license from MSS and translocated an undisclosed number of
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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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River Ayr unfishable today!
in EnvironmentRiver Ayr unfishable today… on many beats. That’s the situation many anglers must have faced when they turned up at the river this morning. From Catrine downstream at least as far as Failford was affected early on following very localised heavy rain overnight. The pollution was travelling downstream and I expect by mid day, most
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AYR DSFB AGM
The Clerk to the DSFB announces that the AGM will be held in Mauchline at the Kilmarnock Supporters Club at 7.00pm on the 3rd August 2017.
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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