River Carron Restoration Project

River Carron Restoration Project The River Carron Research Project was established in August 2009 with the aim of increasing wild salmon and sea trout populations in the River Carron

The River Carron Research Project was formally established in August 2009 but is founded on the long standing work of salmonid aquaculture expert, Bob Kindness of Inverness College UHI. Since 1995, Bob has been working on a salmon and sea trout stocking programme with the primary aim of increasing wild
North Atlantic salmon and sea trout populations in the River Carron. The River Carron is locate

d in Wester Ross on the west coast of Scotland. Like many West Highland rivers, stock and catch levels for salmon and sea trout fisheries crashed in the 1990s to critically low levels in 2001. Captive broodstocks from the few remaining wild fish were established using specially constructed tanks and ponds. To date more than five million spawn and juvenile salmon and sea trout has been released into the river. As part of the project, to track progress over 100,000 autumn salmon fry and over 25,000 spring smolts have been tagged and fin-clipped since 2005. A screw trap has been monitoring the flow of smolts descending to the sea and checking how many of these were tagged. A 100% catch and release policy is in place to maximise the number of naturally spawning fish in the river. Fishery records show that rod catches of salmon and sea trout have both significantly increased since 2001 when only six fish were caught all season. Since the restocking programme began overall catches have improved dramatically and the number of fish spawning naturally has increased greatly. The lower three beats have been made available to visitors on a cheap day ticket basis making the river an asset to the local community.

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Inverness
IV25NA

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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01463 273305

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