Salmon fishing rights in Scotland are private heritable titles that are registered separately from land. As such these titles can be bought and sold like any other property.
Salmon fishing rights in Scotland are private heritable titles that are registered separately from land. As such these titles can be bought and sold like any other property. In Scotland, the cost of the local administration, protection and improvement of the fisheries is privately financed by the proprietors. The district boards finance their work by levying a rate on the salmon fishery owners in the district. Elected representatives of those owners provide the core of the membership of the Board. However, since 1986, the boards are required also to include representatives of salmon anglers and salmon netsmen in the district. A further revision to the constitution of the Boards was made in 1999 to allow for even wider representation on the boards by other parties who may have an interest or stake in salmon stocks or fisheries.
The powers and duties of a DSFB are summarised below.
Stair Estates Office
Rephad
Stranraer
DG9 8BX
Chairman: The Right Honourable Earl of Stair
Treasurer: see clerk details above
Lower Proprietors: The Right Honourable Earl of Stair
Head Bailiff: Martin Lock (07801 256846)
Invited Attendees – David Bythell (angling syndicates), Stranraer & District Angling Association, Stranraer Salmon Fishing Association), Dunragit Angling Association, GFT, SEPA, SNH and three local councillors.
The Water of Luce Salmon Fishery Management Plan is available to view here
Date and location of next meeting: The Luce District Salmon Fishery Board AGM will be held at 11am on 26th October at Lochinch Stables Courtyard, Lochinch. The meeting is open to the public. Contact office@stairestates.com.
Salmon season: 25th February – 31st October (no salmon fishing on a Sunday)
During the summer this year, we undertook a project (commissioned by Scottish Power) examining why in some years at Tongland fish pass there are a larger number of returning adult Atlantic salmon which are heavily infected with Saprolegnia fungus, in comparison to other years.
A summary of the 2018 timed electrofishing surveys for the Urr are provided. These surveys target salmon fry and provide information on annual fluctuations and distribution across 12 sites spread over the catchment.
We would like to introduce the new Saving the Sparling intern who started on Monday the 17th December. Courtney Rowland will be working for the next 5 months on delivering phase 2 of the Saving the Sparling Project.