Dee District Salmon Fishery Board Annual General Meeting October 4 th 2012
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Dee District Salmon Fishery Board Annual General Meeting October 4 th 2012
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Dee District Salmon Fishery Board Annual General Meeting October 4 th 2012. Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis ?. Causative Agent History of UDN on the Dee Monitoring Results . Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis ?. What it is not – Fungus / Saproleggia - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Dee District Salmon Fishery Board Annual General Meeting October 4 th 2012
Dee District Salmon Fishery BoardAnnual General Meeting
October 4th 2012
Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis ?
Causative Agent
History of UDN on the Dee
Monitoring
Results
Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis ?What it is not – Fungus / Saproleggia
Implications for the Dee - Previous outbreaks
Biosecurity - Precautionary approach
Future Work - Joint project with other rivers, Marine Scotland Science & Vets from Institute Of Aquaculture
Abstraction Study Aims:
To independently assess the impact of the two main abstractions on the Dee on juvenile and adult Salmon, Freshwater Pearl Mussels and Otters, now and in the future.
Abstraction Study Summary of the Findings
1. Current abstraction levels at Invercannie are not significantly impacting the ecology of the Dee.
2. The abstraction from Inchgarth is downgrading the Dee from Good to Moderate ecological status
3. The problem will get worse over time – not due to population pressure but climate change causing lower summer river levels.
4. Proper drought planning needs to take place now, along with better strategic planning to examine water storage and usage.
LIFE Project
= Four Year Project to Restore the Dee With £2.6 million Investment
LIFE Project - Deliverables
Upper Dee Riparian Scheme 70 km of riverbank protected with the creation of 457 ha of new riparian woodland
Diffuse Pollution 45 km of buffer strips on the Dinnet, Tarland, Dess & Feugh
Physical River Restoration 8 sites throughout the catchment
Dee in the Classroom 40 schools
FishDee 2012Fishermans Package
Customer Feedback
Beat Films Going Live
Social Media Utilised
FishDee Blog
FishDee 2012Website Revamp
Significant revenue increase
Over 90% of all rods let
Traffic > 2.5 million hits
Improved Imagery
Top FishPal Franchise for revenue-It works !
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Fishery Protection•Changes to the bailiff team.
•Slight drop in poaching activity compared to last season.
•Continue to be well supported by Grampian Police. Joint night work operations, and continued information exchange.
•24hr “hot line” react to all poaching and pollution incidents.
•Please report all suspicious occurrences that may be linked to poaching or pollution.
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Planning & ConsultationsPlanning Applications, CAR Licence applications and requests for information.
Detailed comments on 12 planning applications or Consultations.
Large scale works at Aberdeen Harbour & Bay. Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Blairs footbridge.
Helped beats with proposed bank repairs.
Ranunculus• In September 2009 DDSFB accurately mapped the distribution of Ranunculus using 910 sections between Dess and Aberdeen.
•Trials to control Ranunculus by hand pulling proved slow and spectacularly unsuccessful.
• Survey repeated in September 2012 shows an increase in presence of Ranunculus to 68% of the sections and an increase in density.
• In partnership with Spey, Don, SNH and SEPA looking at all management options. Absent Present High
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Diffuse Pollution & Buffer Strips4 SRDP applications supported this year (Dee
main stem, Feugh, Cattie and Gairn)
=> 15 km of new buffer strips & managed water margins
Invasive Non Native Plants
Cowie & Carron project
2011: Volunteers trained
Summer 2012: Stem injection of Japanese knotweed and cutting of Himalayan balsam
Supported by the River Restoration Fund
Another LIFE project...Invasive Species Action (ISA Scotland):
Working with volunteers to tackle multiple invasive species in Scotland
Project Aims: •To eradicate invasive plants along 45 km of river bank on Dee, Cowie & Carron•Continue mink control •Produce best practice manual for invasive plants control
18 Fishery Trusts, project lead by RAFTS. Dee project cost £289,966
