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Fisheries Biologist

Mr Dan Pollard


Dan graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2021 with a degree in BSc (Hons) Environmental Science and Sustainability.

During his time at university, Dan completed a 2-month environmental placement at theTrust in early 2020 and then continued to work as a part-time Field Assistant until March 2021. Dan then went on to complete a six month internship at GFT.  In 2022 he was permanently employed as a Fisheries Biologist with his main responsibilities being electrofishing surveys, habitat restoration works, GIS mapping and aquatic invertebrate monitoring.

In his free time Dan enjoys socialising, being outdoors, camping and gaming.

Dan Pollard

Fisheries Biologist

Latest News


Distribution of INNS in the Dee Catchment

GFT would like to say thank you to everyone that helped us in our plea for information on sightings of American signal crayfish across Galloway.

Smolt sampling on the Bladnoch

GFT are presently sampling smolts caught in a fyke net at the inflow to Torhouse Fish Farm on the lower River Bladnoch. The fyke net also helps provide data on various other fish species within the Bladnoch catchment.

Temperature loggers downloaded this month

GFT are currently in the process of downloading data from temperature loggers which are in 20 sites across the river Bladnoch. The data gets downloaded twice a year; once in April and once in October.

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