Category: Management

  • Date of Next DSFB Meeting

    Date of Next DSFB Meeting

    NOTICE OF NEXT MEETING   You are hereby given formal notice of the next meeting of the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board, as follows:   Date of Meeting:     Friday 3 December 2021 Time:                         4pm Meeting Type:         Board Meeting Venue:                       Western House Hotel, 66 Craigie Road, Ayr  KA8 0HA  Next DSFB Meeting

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  • River Doon DSFB Meeting

    River Doon DSFB Meeting

    NOTICE OF NEXT MEETING   Dear All   You are hereby given formal notice of the next meeting of the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board, as follows:   Date of Meeting:     Tuesday 29 June 2021   Time:                         6pm   Meeting Type:         Board Meeting   Venue:                       By Zoom:

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  • Monitoring stocking survival on the Cummock Burn

    Monitoring stocking survival on the Cummock Burn

    Ayrshire Rivers Trust staff have been monitoring smolt emigration from the Cummock Burn at Dalmellington in the last week or two for the DSFB. This is a considerable undertaking as we are required to check the trap daily but of course we don’t mind. The Cummock was stocked in 2018 and 2019 with alevins from…

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  • River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board meeting March 2021

    River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board meeting March 2021

    NOTICE OF MEETING RIVER DOON DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD   DATE OF MEETING:         WEDNESDAY 24TH MARCH 2021 VENUE:                                 ZOOM MEETING. JOINING DETAILS TO FOLLOW TIME:                    …

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  • Triennial Elections to the Doon DSFB        UPDATED

    Triennial Elections to the Doon DSFB UPDATED

    Despite the current ‘lock down’ restrictions, the Doon DSFB must continue to meet the legislative requirements of a District SalmonFishery Board and are thus unable to delay this meeting until a later date. Triennial Doon Meeting.  The details are as follows: Date of Meeting:                                 Thursday 30th April 2020 Venue:                                                 By Video Call The number for…

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  • Angling during ‘Lock Down’

    Angling during ‘Lock Down’

    We have been contacted by several angling clubs on whether angling is permitted at the current time. The Government announcement on the 23rd of March included the following: The only permissible reasons to leave your home are as follows: -to shop for basic necessities and that should be limited to once a day -to take…

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  • 2019 Reported Catch Results

    2019 Reported Catch Results

    The River Doon catch data from 2019 is available and detailed below. It is also incomplete so perhaps there were a few more fish captured than were reported. Salmon and grilse – 19 salmon killed, 276 released  – Total 295 35 sea trout returned.   While many anglers bemoaned a lack of fish, this river…

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  • Encouraging results from Chapelton Burn

    Encouraging results from Chapelton Burn

    Finally water levels have dropped back towards more fishable levels and today ART managed to perform 2 surveys on the Chapelton and Brockloch Burns within the Doon catchment. Both these burns have suffered from diffuse pollution issues in the past and the condition of the habitat has been poor for many years. Historic dredging, livestock…

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  • Doon DSFB meeting and AGM

    Doon DSFB meeting and AGM

    The 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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