Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 21:08 Good News For a Change.. We are delighted to announce that after over 40 years of operation Scottish Water are finally considering a significant revision of river flows at the Leven barrage following a request by the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association. A number of modelling scenarios [...]
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/19/2016 - 14:00 As members are now no doubt aware last week the RACCE committee voted on party lines and rejected the attempt by Alex Fergusson MSP to annul the proposed conservation measures. While extremely disappointing this result was not unexpected as it has been apparent from very early in [...]
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/26/2016 - 21:23 On 23 February the Scottish Government Salmon and Recreational Fisheries Team sent an email that many of you may have either received or heard about. The email begins: “Legislation was laid in the Scottish Parliament earlier today to introduce a package of conservation measures (including a [...]
Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 20:01 Members should note that the Wild Fishery Review Team have published a further consultation document in relation to fishery reform in Scotland. This document contains a number of proposals and seeks the views of anglers and indeed all other interested parties on the future direction of travel [...]
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/08/2016 - 21:49 AGM Report. What the 115 AGM of the LLAIA lacked in time management it certainly made up for in content. This was the second year that we have invited guest speakers to present to our members and it is certain that they made an impact. First [...]
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/08/2016 - 22:43 In 2015 Ms Hannele Honkanen, a PhD student of the University of Glasgow based at Scottish Centre for the Environment (SCENE) undertook a smolt tagging experiment supported by Scottish and Southern Energy, SEPA, the Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust and the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association. This [...]
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/28/2016 - 16:55 The AGM of the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association will be held on Saturday 6th February 2016 at the Main Lecture Theatre, Boyd Orr Building, Glasgow University. The Boyd Orr building is located off University Avenue close to its junction with Byres Road, Glasgow. The post code [...]
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/28/2016 - 17:26 Guy Linley-Adams on behalf of Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland. 'Wild salmonids in the ‘aquaculture zone’ on the west coast are in trouble. In 2015, the Scottish Government published the latest classification of the country’s salmon rivers’ salmon populations, placing all rivers in the west Highlands and [...]
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/19/2016 - 21:48 It has been announced today (Tuesday 19 January) that the government intend to bring in regulations under existing fisheries legislation that will effectively make the Lomond system, like the rest of the Clyde catchment, a category 3 water. As you are no doubt aware these proposals were [...]
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/16/2016 - 11:14 Over the last month contact has been maintained with the Wild Fisheries Review Team in an effort to establish what, if any, legislative changes will occur this year in relation to the retention of salmon. As recently as Thursday 14 January the response from the Review Team [...]