by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 19, 2015 | General
Things don’t always go as planned and despite our best efforts, we only managed to capture one wee trout to health check this morning when we visited Caaf Reservoir. We hoped that we could catch a few with rod and line rather than having to deploy gill nets but...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 18, 2015 | General
ART currently has two vacancies for seasonal assistants as detailed in the links below. Please take time to read and follow the instructions included within the links. Job advert Job description Job specification To submit your C.V. along with covering letter by post...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 16, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General
There can be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the total catches reported from Ayrshire’s rivers last season would be poorer than normal and after collating the available data, we have today submitted returns to the ASFB and District Salmon Fishery Boards. It...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 11, 2015 | General
We’ve been in consultation with Scottish Water for around 1 year over the planned draw down of Caaf reservoir and breaching of the dam wall. Eventually, the plan is to restore the valley to as near the original profile and habitat as possible with the Caaf Water...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 8, 2015 | General
In the last two to three weeks, the volume of slurry that we’ve noticed spread on frozen fields has been incredible. At least in most cases, buffer strips have been left next to watercourses. Of course we understand that farmers take the opportunity to reduce...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 6, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General
Public consultation on proposed consultation measures to introduce a licensing system for killing wild salmon in Scotland has today been launched by the Scottish Government. Details on the consultation and information on how you can respond can be found at:...