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Lochaber Fisheries Trust Ltd Lochaber Fisheries Trust Ltd Annual Report 2014/15 The Lochaber Fisheries Trust is a charity dedicated to improving and raising awareness of the fish populations and freshwater habitats of Lochaber. Since our formation in 1996 we have worked with river owners, managers, anglers, government agencies and others to ensure that the region’s fresh waters are protected and managed sustainably. Trust Directors: Viv de Fresnes (Chairman), Grace Henderson (Vice chairman), Sandy Grierson (Treasurer), Barbara Collins (Company Secretary), Simon Boult, Donnie MacBeth, Iain Donnelly Biologists: Diane Baum, Lucy Ballantyne The Lochaber Fisheries Trust is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. Scottish Charity number: SC024490. Company registration number: 261988 Contents Chairman’s Report 1 Wild Fisheries Review 2 Aquaculture 3 Loch Lochy 5 Education 7 Sustainable Fisheries 9 Knotweed Control 11 Invasive Control Updates 13 Invasive Species Factsheet 14 Strontian 15 Arkaig 16 Accounts 17 How you can support the LFT 19 Chairman’s Report It has been a challenging year for the LFT and for wild fisheries in general. Poor salmon catches across the country, shrinking funding opportunities and the uncertainty created by Scottish Government's Wild Fisheries Review have combined to put pressure on all fishery trusts. However, we continue to develop new projects aimed at improving Lochaber's fish and freshwater habitats and are looking towards the new opportunities that the changing future could present. This year saw the culmination of our Crown Estate-funded project to improve the marketing of fisheries in Lochaber. A dedicated FishLochaber website now exists providing information on the best places to fish in the region and generating interest from across the UK and abroad. We’ve also encouraged fisheries to dip their toe into the world of online booking via Fishpal. If all this seems a bit too high tech for the traditional world of angling, then there are also some beautiful leaflets describing some of our best rivers and lochs, articles in the fishing press and a short film extolling the virtues of fishing in Lochaber. We would like to thank the Crown Estate for their support of this project and Claire Welsh of Red Lamb Marketing for introducing us to the dark arts of promotion. Aquaculture continues to occupy a significant portion of our time. Monitoring of lice on wild sea trout has been undertaken in Lochaber since 1999 and the data continue to shed light on the complex relationship between fish farm activity and the lice infections on wild fish. Understanding this remains an important aim of the LFT since it underpins the ability to locate and manage farm sites without damaging wild populations. Marine Scotland's work to model lice dispersion through Loch Linnhe is now in its third year and we are collaborating with MSS to undertake an ambitious project looking at the effect of lice infection on the return rates of salmon smolts from the River Lochy. Data alone are not going to increase fish numbers, but, when local planning authorities, Scottish Government and the aquaculture industry are asking for hard evidence to guide, let alone halt, the massive expansion planned for the industry, we need to have as much information as possible. In 2014 17 local schools and over 400 pupils took part in our education projects. The main aim of this is to get children out onto our rivers to introduce them to our amazing wildlife and the threats they face. This year we also organised a large event for five Fort William primary schools bringing pupils together to share their experiences. Sadly this was the final year of our education grant from SNH and it is unlikely we will be able to work with many schools in the near future as outdoor education funders are now focusing on urban areas. We feel this is regrettable since even in rural settings many children know little about their local environment and we have already had to disappoint a number of schools hoping to continue working with us. Finally, the Wild Fisheries Review has dominated the LFT's long-term plans and looks set to do so for the next year as we see the detail of what government is planning. There is clearly a need for improvement in the way fisheries are managed and many of the proposals have the potential to modernise and improve the sector. However, there is also the risk that many activities will simply generate bureaucracy rather than improvements on the ground, and there does not seem to be a full appreciation of the strengths of the current system. We will continue to use what influence we have during the consultation process, but there is a real risk that local fishery trusts will cease to exist in a couple of years time and their replacement may be distant organisations implementing government rather than local priorities. Viv de Fresnes Chairman 1 Wild Fish Review In January 2014 the First Minister announced that a Wild Fisheries Review would be carried out and report back within the year. The general aims of the review were to develop a modern, evidence based management system for fisheries in Scotland and to manage, conserve and develop Scotland’s Wild Fisheries to maximise the sustainable benefit of our wild fish resources. The review, headed by Andrew Thin, looked at the current system of Fisheries Management to look at which aspects were working well and which needed reform. The review was completed by early October 2014 and consisted of 53 recommendations for Scottish Government across a range of topics including: National leadership & local delivery of fisheries Management Resourcing of the above Sustainable harvesting of fish Sound science supporting management Scottish Government have a website http://www.gov.scot/ Bailiffing Topics/marine/Salmon-Trout-Coarse/fishreform Promoting angling as a sport Although the remit of the Review did not include Fisheries Trusts it is likely we will Scottish Ministers are now considering undergo change as part of the Reform. The these recommendations and consulting latest consultation from government widely with fishermen, Fishery Boards and suggests forming new Fishery Management Trusts, other angling groups as well as Organisations (FMOs) which will combine other stakeholders including SNH and SEPA. the role of Trusts and Boards. The Some aspects of the Reform are getting fast consultation is still open for comment but it -tracked, such as proposals for an has been hinted at that the areas each FMO introduction of a kill-license. This would will cover will be larger than current Trust allow government to set limits on the areas. One of the roles of the FMO will be number of salmon killed in each river based to gather the data needed to improve the on Conservation Limits (estimates of how Conservation Limits set for each river and so many salmon must return to a river to make them a meaningful tool for controlling ensure a sustainable population). exploitation and highlighting struggling populations. Change is certainly on the way and whether the end product will be a success or failure is, in part, in all of our hands. Scottish Government are asking for our views so if you want to influence the future please get involved. 2 Aquaculture The impact of aquaculture on wild salmon and sea trout is a hotly debated subject and, with the industry's planned expansion over the next decade, the controversy looks set to continue. The LFT has been working for many years to improve our knowledge of the effects of aquacul- ture and ensure that a credible case is made for protecting our wild fish. Each year we report on the results of our neighbouring farms are in the second year of lice monitoring of wild sea trout. Since their two year production cycle and generally 1999 the LFT have been netting sea trout see higher lice numbers on their farmed fish. that have just migrated to sea and In 2014 the fish farms in Loch Linnhe were in measuring their lice burdens. This is part of their first year of production and we found no a Scottish-government funded project lice on wild fish. across the west coast and the data have In contrast, we haven't seen such a biennial been used by Marine Scotland Science to produce scientific papers showing lice levels pattern in sea trout lice levels at Kinlocheil on sae trout are higher closer to fish farms since the salmon farm in Loch Eil closed in 2007. We know from the tracking work we and are strongly influenced by the undertook with MSS that sea trout entering production cycles on farms. Loch Eil do not move out of the loch in their Our monitoring site at Camas na Gaul in first couple of months and so the lice levels upper Loch Linnhe has provided one of the we monitor reflect local exposure to infective clearest examples of this region-wide lice. The contrast in the pattern of lice levels pattern. Since 2003 we have found higher from before and after the farm closed is lice levels on sea trout when the stark. Lice levels on wild sea trout smolts at Camus na Gaul from 2002-2014, including abundance (number of lice per fish), Intensity (number of lice per infected fish) and prevalence (percentage of fish with at least one lice). 3 Aquaculture Lice levels on wild sea trout smolts at Kinlocheil from 1999-2014, note the two year up-down cycle disappears after 2007 Lice management has improved on farms The LFT is currently taking part in a new over the past decades and the introduction initiative set up by government and the Crown of new chemicals, management processes Estate.
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