News Archive
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Next Board Meeting: 17 February 2022, 4pm
in NewsNOTICE OF NEXT BOARD MEETING: You are hereby given formal notice of the next Board Meeting of the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board:- DATE: Thursday 17 February 2022 TIME: 4pm MEETING TYPE: Board Meeting VENUE: Western House Hotel, 66 Craigie Road, AYR KA8 0HA
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Date of Next DSFB Meeting
in ManagementNOTICE 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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Himalayan Balsam control
in EnvironmentThe River Doon DSFB and ART have been suppressing the spread of Invasive Himalayan Balsam over the last few years and while this plant is not yet extensive within the catchment, it does continue to spread. This plant is not native and it quickly takes over out competing native species on the river bank. Once…
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River Doon DSFB Meeting
in ManagementNOTICE 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
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
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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Identifying Farmed Salmon- A video guide
in EnvironmentAyrshire Rivers Trust has produced a video guide detailing the key indicators that can be used to distinguish farmed from wild salmon. The latest escape of salmon from the Carradle fish farm are beginning to turn up in our rivers so keep an eye out for them. Under the Conservation Regulations introduced in 2016 by…
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Wild or Farmed?
Ayrshire Rivers Trust received a video call today from an angler who had just caught a salmon on the Irvine that he thought may be a farmed fish escaped from Carradale 3 weeks ago. Impressed by his ingenuity we quickly were able to confirm that indeed this was an escaped farmed salmon and it…
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The Latest Advice on what to do you think yo’ve caught an escaped farmed salmon
in EnvironmentHere’s a link to the latest guidance produced by collaboration with stakeholders such as ART, Fisheries Trusts and District Salmon Fishery Boards, FHI and MSS and published by Fishery management Scotland. FMS Advice http://fms.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200825-Aqua-Guidance-on-escapees.pdf