How You Can Help - Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust

The health of the rivers and the salmon and other native fish that live in them depends on all of us – landowners, farmers, business and industry, recreational users and anglers.

Here are a few of the ways you can help the Trust support ecologically, economically and socially sustainable rivers.

Look after the rivers and fish

Prevent Gyrodactylus salaris and other INNS
Perfect your catch and release technique to maximise fishes’ chances of survival
Collect salmon and sea trout scales for research
Report diseased and damaged fish

Volunteer

Volunteer for restoration projects
Volunteer for research projects
See below for volunteering for the Trust

Donate to the Trust

Donations from individuals and organisations are one of the Trust’s most important funding sources. At the moment, about 15% of our funds come from donations, mainly from anglers. The Trust intends to expand this donor pool to include other river users and anyone interested in healthy river management.

Healthy rivers and healthy native fish populations are what economists call a ‘public good.’ Everyone benefits from healthy rivers, yet there is no mechanism for ‘everyone’ to contribute to them. The burden falls on a small number of landowners and users, who do derive a direct benefit from the rivers in the form of salmon fishing rents.

Government agencies have some responsibility for the health of rivers, but few resources. Trusts are the most effective mechanism for managing a whole river catchment in a holistic, sustainable manner.

Download a donation form here: FNLRT Gift Aid with SO

Download a copy of our leaflet with Friend’s scheme form here: FNLFT leaflet

Donate via PayPal

Look after the rivers and the fish:

Prevent Gyrodactylus salaris and other INNS
Perfect your catch and release technique to maximise fishes’ chances of survival
Collect salmon and sea trout scales for research
Report diseased and damaged fish

Preventing Gyrodactylus salaris

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Collecting Sea Trout Scales for Research

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Catch and Release

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Report disease and damaged fish

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Volunteer

Many of the Trust’s key activities rely on the generous help of volunteers. There are a range of projects that volunteers can take part in:

Invasive Non-Native Species Control

Our SISI project aims to control the spread of key non-native invasive
species who have colonised our rivers. Some of our volunteers gain training and instruction in the use of biological control methods to kill off non-native plants such as Giant Hogweed, Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam. Through the project we also deploy a fleet of American Mink raft traps along the rivers, these rafts require checking once every 24 hours and volunteers are vital to enable this to be successful.

Electrofishing and survey work.

Pollution Incidents

Should you notice a pollution incident please contact SEPA directly through the SEPA Pollution Hotline 0800 80 70 60.

Resources

Management Plan

A key element of the Trust’s work is the Fishery Management Plans for each river. These describe the current state of each river and fishery, describe current issues and identify and prioritise actions needed to improve the rivers and fisheries.

The Trust reviews the FMPs each year. Based on this review, progress made in the most recent year, and emerging issues, the Trust chooses projects to focus on in the next year. The Trust’s first FMPs were written in 2010; thus much of the work to be done involves finding out more about the status of the rivers and and the salmon, sea trout and other native fish populations.

Our Management Plans

Findhorn Fisheries Management Plan 2010

20 Sep 23
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Nairn Fisheries Management Plan 2010

20 Sep 23
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Lossie Fisheries Management Plan 2010

20 Sep 23
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