Asfb-Rafts

Job opportunity: Director - Ness District Salmon Fishery Board. More details at: http://www.asfb.org.uk/vacancies/

Job Vacancy: Seasonal Fisheries Assistant, River Naver Fisheries - more information at http://www.asfb.org.uk/vacancies/

ASFB and RAFTS wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Vacancy for a Senior Water Bailiff - Nith District Salmon Fishery Board. More details at: http://www.asfb.org.uk/vacancies/

Beaver killing may be necessary in future, SNH report says Killing beavers may become necessary to control their numbers if the animals were formally reintroduced to Scotland, according to a new report. Beavers have been released in Knapdale, in Argyll, in a trial project. A wider programme of releases in the future could, in some places, see the animals ca...

Offshore windfarm plan for over 300 turbines in Moray Firth unveiled A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm off the Scottish coast, with 339 turbines sited in the Moray Firth, has been unveiled. Developers say the £4.5 billion project, 13 miles off Caithness, could create hundreds of jobs and provide electricity for a million homes. It w...

Keeping Rivers Cool – New guidance for river managers The Environment Agency have just published comprehensive guidance on creating riparian shading on rivers. The guidance has been produced to support the creation of shade over rivers using riparian trees and vegetation (riparian shade). The focus is on maintaining suitable freshwater habitat for salm...

New 2012 tagged salmon recapture data shows a pattern emerging in Norway NEW FIGURES even before the season's end yesterday show that of 200 salmon released and tagged after capture on the River Gaula below Gaulfossen this season, 30 per cent have been re-caught by anglers. The figure is even more surprising when compared with equivalent data on neighbouring river that f...

Funding to aid UK compliance with fish traceability laws Projects helping the UK fishing industry and others in the supply chain to comply with traceability regulations could be subsidised by the EU. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK is co-ordinating an EU aid scheme on behalf of the UK through which up to 90 per cent funding may be provi...

NOK11.6 Million to Fish Projects The Aquaculture Industry Environmental Fund has allocated NOK11.6 million to various initiatives in 57 rivers across Norway. The Aquaculture Industry Environmental Fund has now completed three rounds of funding since its inception in the spring of 2011. There are two grant rounds per year. A total o...

River diversion on the Nith The course of the River Nith was altered at Kier’s Greenburn Surface Coal Mine near New Cumnock, during the second week of August 2012. This was the first of two planned diversions of the river to facilitate the extraction of coal beneath the original channel. Fishery protection measures were incorp...

Salmon fishery board condemns Usan's fishing extension A fishery board has condemned the Scottish government's decision to extend the season for the country's biggest wild salmon netting company. The Esk District Salmon Fishery Board said giving Usan Salmon Fisheries an additional 14 days to catch fish was "recklessly irresponsible". It has described th...