Fishing for the truth about angling in Scotland
In My Opinion EFFORTS by a group of dissident Loch Lomond anglers to bring about greater transparency in the administration of salmon and trout fishing on the famous loch, failed last night. More than 100 members of the historic Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association (LLAIA) packed into Partick Burgh Halls in Glasgow for the club’s…
Continue ReadingSEARCHING questions about the financial administration of salmon and sea trout angling on Loch Lomond are expected to dominate tonight’s annual meeting of the historic club which runs game fishing on the famous water. A tense meeting of members of the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association (LLAIA) in Glasgow is anticipated when officials present the…
Continue ReadingCLYDE in the Classroom, the environmental and fishery science education programme for children run by the Clyde River Foundation and now in its 10th year, has broken through the 10,000 total of pupil participants. The new record figure was reached this month when more than 1400 youngsters attended a series of events at Glasgow Science…
Continue ReadingTOPE will be the main target for the Scotland’s second Sharkatag weekend, scheduled for this June. The event, which last summer attracted more than 200 volunteer participants and generated more than £40,000 for the local economy in the Solway area of south-west Scotland, was recognised as the biggest sea angling conservation exercise ever mounted in…
Continue ReadingSCOTLAND’S first shark project officer is now at work. James Thorburn, a marine biologist who studied at Stirling and Heriot-Watt universities, has a strong track record of involvement in Scottish research projects. His appointment, as part of a £52,000 support package from Scottish Natural Heritage and the Argyll and Islands LEADER programme, comes at…
Continue ReadingIT HAS had a gestation period longer longer than the celebrated spiny dogfish, but at last Scotland’s Marine Bill has been passed, promising the birth of a new era for our seas and the prospect of, potentiallly, a brighter future for all the creatures that live in them and the people whose livelihoods depend on…
Continue ReadingI HAVE nothing against Robson Green personally. As an actor he has turned in some compelling performances in the likes of Casualty, Soldier, Soldier and Wire in the Blood. He certainly generates a quickening of pulses among the ladies apparently, though clearly the lad from Dudley on Tyneside maybe falls short of setting up any…
Continue ReadingACTOR and comedian Billy Connolly today formally opened the Aberdeenshire Dee’s salmon season where fishery administrators are optimistic that rod catches will maintain 2009’s record-breaking results. Connolly, who began his interest in fishing as a youngster on the canal in Glasgow, and now owns Candacraig House in Strathdon, toasted the river with a tipple of…
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