Ness District Salmon Fishery Board

The Ness District Salmon Fishery Board’s ‘2020 Annual Report and Accounts’ were approved at our Annual Meeting of Qualified Proprietors on the 17^th December 2020. A low-resolution version can be viewed by clicking on the cover image below.

Please note that our Annual Public Meeting (scheduled for the 21^st January 2021) has been postponed due to current COVID-19 restrictions. This will be rescheduled as soon as is practicably possible so that we may report to the local community on our activities over the last year and formally present the 2020 Annual Report and Accounts.

Please see the link below from Fisheries Management Scotland regarding skin damage in wild Atlantic salmon:

http://fms.scot/reports-of-disease-in-wild-atlantic-salmon/

If you encounter a fish exhibiting signs of red ‘rash’, bleeding and/or ulceration, then please contact the relevant district salmon fishery board and include following:

A rescue effort has been launched to free thousands of young salmon trapped in the Caledonian Canal in the Inverness area – after their plight was spotlighted as a result of the lockdown. Continue reading →

Due the ongoing situation with regards to Coronavirus, the Ness District Salmon Fishery Board has taken the decision to cancel its forthcoming ordinary board meeting which was due to be held on the 18^th June 2020. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Given the rapidly developing situation with regards to Coronavirus, the Ness District Salmon Fishery Board has taken the decision to cancel its forthcoming ordinary board meeting which was due to be held on the 19th March 2020. Apologies for any inconvenience caused to those who intended to come along and observe.

The agenda for this meeting can be viewed here.

The Ness District Salmon Fishery Board’s ‘2019 Annual Report and Accounts’ were approved at our Annual Meeting of Qualified Proprietors on the 12^th December 2019. A low-resolution version can be viewed by clicking on the cover image to the right of this text.

Hard copies will be available at our Annual Public Meeting on the 16^th January 2020.

The Ness District Salmon Fishery Board will hold its ‘Annual Public Meeting’ at 19:30 on Thursday the 16^th January 2020 in the Press and Journal Lounge, Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club. Further details are provided in the notification below:

The key purpose of our Annual Public Meeting is to report to the local community on our activities over the last year and to seek wider engagement in fishery board business. It will include presentation of our 2019 Annual Report and Accounts and an explanation of key activities planned for the forthcoming year.

The final agenda for the meeting will be published during the week commencing 6^th January 2020.