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Farmed Salmon
in FishingRiver Stinchar – action to take if you think you have caught a Farmed Salmon Background With 48,000 fish escaping from Carradale 3 weeks ago, they are beginning to turn up in our rivers including the Stinchar. They pose a huge threat to wild Atlantic salmon and can breed with wild fish weakening our stocks.…
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Code of Practice 2023
in GeneralNew Code Of Practice 2023 IMPORTANT – Please read the new Code of Practice for the river Stinchar. River category The Scottish Government has designated the Stinchar as a ‘Category 3’ river for 2023. This means that it is an offence to kill any salmon for the protection of the species. Legal requirements Salmon and…
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Chairman’s Report 2018
in GeneralI would like to welcome you all here this evening. Thank you for attending the 2019 AGM of the River Stinchar Fishery Board. Your presence is heartening to the Board, please pass on to friends, neighbours and anglers the news of what this Board is doing on behalf of the river and it’s valley communities.…
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Chairman’s Report 2016
in GeneralI would like to welcome you all to this year’s AGM of the River Stinchar Fishery Board. It is important that these meetings are well attended so that those who have an interest in the river can keep abreast of what the Board has been doing on their behalf in these challenging times. Both the…
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New Code Of Practice – 2016
in GeneralThe Scottish Government has designated the Stinchar as a “category 2” river. This means that the River Stinchar District Fishery Board has to take appropriate management action to ensure that further exploitation of Atlantic salmon stock is reduced in our river. Failure to achieve this will result in our river being downgraded to a “category…
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RSDSFB Meetings – May 14th 2014
in GeneralRIVER STINCHAR DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD Board Meeting The next meeting of the River Stinchar DSFB will take place on the 14th of May, 2014 at Colmonell Hall, Colmonell on 14th May, 2014 at 5.30pm. This meeting is open to the Public although only Board Members may contribute. RIVER STINCHAR DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD Annual…
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Chairman’s Response to Big Fish Caught & Killed
in FishingThe River Stinchar Board will be convening in the month of October. On the Agenda one of the subjects to discuss will be the event that occurred on the river last week. Members of the Board will be looking again at our voluntary ‘Code of Practice’ and addressing why under such exceptional circumstances, its guide…
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Hatchery
The Hatchery at Minuntion opened in 2000. It has capacity for 100,000 eggs and has, since its inception, averaged 50,000 eggs annually. Brood stock are caught in November and early December, hens out number the cocks, by three to one. These fish are held in separate tanks, until the females come into season. The fish…