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Primpton Burn modifications
in EnvironmentWhile out near Dalrymple today, ART noticed a new levy has been created on the banks of the Primpton Burn just upstream of the village of Dalrymple. I’m not sure why or what’s planned for this field but our understanding is that disconnecting a watercourse from its floodplain is damaging and not allowed. It merely
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Doon DSFB meeting and AGM
in ManagementThe date of the next Doon DSFB meeting and AGM have been announced. The meeting will take place in Fraser Coogan’s Office at 3.00pm on the 26th April followed by the AGM at 4.00pm.
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Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland, 1859 by Robert Knox (an extract)
in FishingRonald Campbell from the Tweed foundation recently sent me an extract from a book called Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland which provided the author Robert Knox’s rather dim view of the Ayr and the villages in the catchment but this book is a faithful reproduction of the original manuscript that is
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Happy New Year
in EnvironmentA Happy New Year to all our readers. May 2019 be a better one for the fish. I received an interesting call on Hogmanay informing me that 5 salmon had been seen running through the Alloway Mill beat on the Doon yesterday and they were bars of silver. The question was “Are these Springers or
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Marine Scotland announce new requirements to inform conservation measures
in NewsLast week, Marine Scotland announced their intention to collect rod effort data from fisheries in 2019 (for salmon only). While we agree the catch per unit effort would be extremely beneficial to understanding salmon runs, collecting the necessary data is likely to prove very difficult indeed and the quality of data returned may be less
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Categorisation
With the river proposed for downgrade to Category 2 status next season and an opportunity to respond to the consultation, ART have been looking at catch data provided to the DSFB and to MSS. Theoretically, these catch reports should be identical and accurate each year but it doesn’t quite work out like that and that’s
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Culroy Burn…Making Improvements
in EnvironmentYesterday, ART staff accompanied one of their Trustees were back on the Culroy Burn at Sauchrie planting more native hardwood trees within recently fenced buffers. With rain forecast, it was an ideal opportunity to transplant trees growing in ART’s own nursery at Auchincruive, to a permanent location on the Culroy Burn. This burn has been
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Skeldon Weir
in EnvironmentThis week, simple timber baulks have been added to Skeldon Weir to improve fish passage over the dam particularly during low flows when depth may limit some fish in their ability to swim up the face of the obstacle or late in the season as hen fish near spawning and have limited energy left for
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Doon Fencing
in EnvironmentThe River Doon DSFB agreed to fund a considerable percentage of the cost of fencing to improve habitat and hopefully fish populations. In the long term, this should also deliver water quality improvements. The Ayrshire Rivers Trust has been responsible for knocking doors and negotiating agreements and the work. Currently the fencer is at a