AST Responds to SEPA Sea Lice Consultation

AST RESPONDS TO SEA LICE CONSULTATIONOur response to SEPA’s proposed sea lice frameworkLast week the Atlantic Salmon Trust submitted its formal, technical response to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) consultation on ‘Detailed proposals for a risk-based, spatial framework for managing interaction between sea lice from marine finfish farm developments and wild salmonids in Scotland.’ This…

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Conservation of Salmon – Assessment for 2024 season.

Conservation of salmon – Assessment for the 2024 fishing season I am writing to let you know that Scottish Ministers propose to continue to regulate the killing of salmon in Scotland, including the prohibition on retaining any salmon caught in coastal waters, by means of conservation regulations made under section 38 of the Salmon and…

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Taymount Success!

It’s Taymount week for Perth and District Anglers and Iain Murray finished his day yesterday with a nice fresh 10lb fish caught near the Shark’s Fin – last cast before finishing time!! Many congratulations on handling the fish and its safe return. Tight Lines for the rest of the week to our members fishing this…

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East Haugh Salmon

Nice 10lb salmon from East Haugh caught by Lee Rhind. This is the 4 rth salmon from East Haugh so far caught by PDAA members in 2023.

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Salmon conservation gradings 2023.

Conservation of salmon – Outcome of Salmon fishing: proposed river gradings for 2023 season consultation We sought views on the proposed river gradings for the 2023 salmon fishing season and on a regime to enhance catch and release rates to 100%, either through the use of voluntary or mandatory measures. The consultation opened on the…

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