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The Fishing For The Future Project Year One Report
November 10, 2014The Fishing for the Future Project has now been up and running for a year. See the link below for further information. Fishing for the Future Year One Report 2014
Fly Fishing & Education Day
Fly Fishing & Education Day on 22nd November 2014 from 10am to 2pm at Nunholm Car Park, Dumfries. Booking essential Join us for a fun filled fish day including: Casting lessons for beginners Casting clinic for experienced anglers Live salmon, trout and other (Read More…)
Family Fishing Day at Dock Park
November 4, 2014The Nith Catchment Fishery Trust hosted the third Family Fishing Day this year on the 23rd of October at the newly renovated Dock Park in Dumfries town centre. We were extremely lucky with the weather and even got some sunshine in the (Read More…)
Chinese Mitten Crabs found in Scotland for the first time
September 29, 2014The remains of a Chinese mitten crab has been discovered in the River Clyde causing concern amongst Scottish salmon rivers. These invasive non-native species where first found in the River Thames in 1935 and since then they have become established in a (Read More…)
Hydro Health Checks
September 17, 2014In recent years there have been many proposals to develop micro hydro schemes on watercourses within the River Nith catchment. The Board and Trust consider these proposals carefully to assess their potential impacts on the fish communities in the surrounding area. This (Read More…)
Galloway Country Fair 2014
August 25, 2014River Nith Team at the Galloway Country Fair 2014 For the fourth year running the Nith District Salmon Fishery Board and Nith Catchment Fishery Trust attended Galloway Country Fair and whilst it wasn’t as wet as it has been in previous years (Read More…)
Civic Pride on the River Nith
August 4, 2014Team Effort: Staff from the Nith District Salmon Fishery Board and Nith Catchment Fishery Trust spent a day with Morris and John from Dumfries Civic Pride removing the Himalayan Balsam from the islands on the Whitesands in Dumfries. This will be a (Read More…)
Fishing For The Future Project
July 28, 2014Following on from our last update on the Fishing For The Future Project from 17th June 2014: The last session of the Fishing for the Future project aired on ITV news. The project has been a great success this year with over (Read More…)
Final Fishing for the Future project field trip
June 17, 2014The final Session of the Fishing for the Future Project has now been completed and what a great few days we had! We took participants from Primary Schools down the beach to have a tour of the Douglashall stake net fishery. During (Read More…)
River Nith Diversion
June 16, 2014River Nith Diversion – rescuing fish out of the river Nith in preparation for a 600m stretch of the Nith being diverted on Monday 16th June 2014. Fishery protection measures are incorporated into the project to avoid any potential adverse impacts which (Read More…)
