News Archive
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Catrine dam refurbishment completed
in EnvironmentART have reported that Catrine Dam has been completed this week and all works to stabilise the structure are finished. More work is required to complete the fish and eel passes including fixing a baffle to stop the standing wave that appeared after the bypass channel was opened (it draws too much water for the
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Catrine Updates
in GeneralHere is a link to ART’s website where they posted updates on the works in Catrine area. Some concerns here but the good news is that the dam refurbishment is nearly complete. Well done to ART for highlighting the other issues. http://www.ayrshireriverstrust.org/blog/2014/09/12/catrine-works-progress-update/
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Worrying Glenmuir Electrofishing Results
In the last week, ART staff fished the upper gravel extraction site on the Glenmuir. ART have fished this site annually since 2006 and this years results were poorer than any other year. With this in mind, Stuart looked at the rests more closely to identify exactly what the trend is and to see what other information
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AYR Board Meeting
The next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery meeting will be held on the 9th September at 7.00pm in Ayrshire Rivers Trust offices at 1 Gibbs Yard Auchincruive, Ayr, KA6 5HW. This meeting is open to the Public and all are welcome. Seating will be available for up to 20 non Board members.
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Fish arrive
in NewsAfter a lengthy dry period and listening to anglers complain about low water levels and few fish the rain finally came. As expected large quantities of debris has been transported from beat to beat and as also expected the large numbers of summer fish that have been in and out the basin on every tide
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New works start at Catrine
Jamieson Plant and Contractors from Maybole have started work at the footbridge at Catrine to underpin the wall on the Daldorch side of the river. This is an East Ayrshire Council job and is deemed essential due to the extent of undermining below the wall. Today the contractors have made a ramp into the river and
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Himalayan Balsam discovered in the Ayr catchment.
I’ve copied a link to ART’s web site where they reported yesterday that biologists had discovered Himalayan Balsam in the Kerse Burn on the Coyle catchment. Unless this is dealt with immediately, it seems that they fear it will rapidly spread out of control. All anglers must now familiarise themselves with the plant and learn
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AYR DSFB Response to the Wild Fisheries Review
in GeneralFollowing Andrew Thin’s request for comments in response to the Wild Fisheries Review that is currently underway in Scotland, the Board are pleased to provide a copy of their submission below. Dear Sirs Wild Fisheries Review On behalf of the River Ayr Board I wish to note our concerns re. the Review of
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Catrine update
ART posted a blog giving updates of progress at Catrine. Follow this link to see what’s new http://www.ayrshireriverstrust.org/blog/2014/07/24/catrine-update-3/