News Archive
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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
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Greenock Water erosion…
Here’s a link to a blog post that appears on Ayrshire Rivers Trust web page. The Trust are working to find green engineering solutions to the problems that are occurring on a fairly large scale. We will watch with interest any developments. It’s good to have the Trust’s expertise and enthusiasm for such works at
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Himalayan balsam on the Lugar and Ayr
Until the last few years, the River Ayr catchment was the only system in Ayrshire free from Himalayan balsam. In 2013 Ayrshire Rivers Trust found 5 plants and pulled them in Ayr opposite the college. In 2014 ART found a single plant at Barskimming Bridge and it was pulled. Again last year ART found this invasive plant on the