News Archive
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Slurry incident on the Fail
Ayrshire Rivers Trust received a call at lunchtime today about foam on the Water of Fail at Failford. Two members of staff were diverted to investigate. ART determined it was slurry and reported the incident to SEPA with rough directions to the source of the pollution. About an hour later, ART and SEPA met up and pinpointed
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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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Government Reforms
Recently (03/02/2017), Scottish Government announced a U Turn in their reform plans. They may not describe it as a U Turn but that’s how it appears. Read the latest in their press release by following this link http://news.gov.scot/news/wild-fisheries Their plans to abolish long established District Salmon Fishery Boards appear to have been abandoned. Their unpopular option
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Latest Catch Statistics
in ManagementAyrshire Rivers Trust have released the 2016 catch results after pulling them together for the Board. Unfortunately the total doesn’t include several beats that have failed to return the required data. This isn’t good enough when we are all aware that so much rides on catch returns these days. Like it or not, catch returns
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Catch Returns
in ManagementAll beats, syndicates and clubs are required to submit annual catch returns to both the Board and to Marine Scotland Science(MSS). These are used to assess how fishing and fish stocks are performing and more recently, MSS has used them to help calculate the Conservation Status of the river. The first categorisation of the Ayr
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Next Ayr DSFB meeting
The next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting will be held on Tuesday the 31st January at 7.00pm in the offices of Ayrshire Rivers Trust, 1 Gibbs Yard, Auchincruive, Ayr, KA6 5HW. This meeting is open to the public so all are welcome.
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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
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Written permission
The bailiffs have asked the Board to remind anglers that they must be able to provide written permission if asked when on the river. The Law states clearly that anyone fishing for salmon must carry written permission and produce it when requested by a warranted bailiff. Clubs may also require written permission to be produce
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IBIS stocking conference Glasgow
Here’s a link to Youtube videos from all of the speakers at the IBIS stocking conference held in Glasgow a couple of years ago. We’ve added this link as there are always calls for increased hatchery operations as we see declines in wild salmon stocks here on the Ayr, across Ayrshire, the rest of Scotland and