Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust

Protecting wild fish in the stunning Scottish Highlands

[Atlantic Salmon Trust @AST_Salmon]

'They need cold, clear, free flowing water to thrive, and due to climate change, pollution and dams, all are in short supply.' - Sir David Attenborough

It's wonderful to see BBC Wild Isles taking the salmon crisis to a mass audience tonight!

Image credit: BBC

#WildIsles

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

WE ARE HIRING 👆
We are looking for an Assistant Biologist. For the full job description please visit our website. https://t.co/PJsd5nyiCf

[Environmentjob.co.uk @environmentjob]

Assistant Biologist: @lochaberfish Fort William, Scotland, £20,000 - £25,000 pa pro rata depending on experience #BiologyJobs #Fisheries https://t.co/lOrClvRtc2

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

WE ARE HIRING 👆
We are looking for an Assistant Biologist. For the full job description please visit our website. https://t.co/PJsd5nyiCf

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢 The Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust is delighted to announce that our new website has been launched, thanks to the amazing web designer Lisa Cleeland.
https://t.co/HMITu0P84W

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

With the sun shining we have managed to do a site visit at one of our local rivers the River Nevis.⛅️
We are looking forward to more field days after a long winter of office duties. ☀️

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🎉☃️❄️

[Scottish Invasive Species Initiative @SISI_project]

Project Manager Callum came across this rare phenomenon on the River Bladnoch in Galloway on Friday. 'Ice pancakes' are unusual in Scotland and most commonly found in Canada, the US, around Antarctica and in the Baltic sea. Specific conditions are required to create them. 1/2

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We had a lovely couple of days of electrofishing to monitor the Freshwater Pearl Mussel population on Ardnamurchan peninsula.☀️
As well as salmon and trout we caught an interesting range of fish species. We hope you enjoy! 😊

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We were out seine netting on the Loch Linnhe. Seine netting is one of our survey methods to monitor sea trout populations across Lochaber.
It is always exciting to pull the net in as we never know what we will find.
We caught sticklebacks, wrasse, flounder and pollacks as well.🐟

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

European eel is a fascinating species that has an amazing lifecycle.
Eel numbers have declined significantly in recent years and the species is now classified as critically endangered, so it’s always good to find them in our rivers.

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We are fast approaching the end of our survey season so it was good to get a survey done.
It isn't always easy to monitor fish and catches can vary every month but if the Trout are present we can usually catch some with a few sweeps of our 40m seine net.😀🐟

[Sarah Watts @Watts_SH]

#Electrofishing to monitor #fish stocks on #Corrour's watercourses contributes to our Ecosystem Health Indicators. With @lochaberfish yesterday we had a great catch of #trout & brook #lamprey which indicate high water quality. This method causes no harm to the fish. #biodiversity

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We had an interesting and exciting day of electrofishing to monitor a local Freshwater Pearl Mussel population. Salmon and Sea Trout are essential part of the mussels life cycle.
Interesting fact: Mussels can live over 100 years!

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We had an interesting and exciting day of electrofishing to monitor a local Freshwater Pearl Mussel population. Salmon and Sea Trout are essential part of the mussels life cycle.
Interesting fact: Mussels can live over 100 years!

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We were out this morning finishing off the electrofishing on our local Lochy catchment. 🙂
Here is a video returning some young salmon after the survey.🐟
Hope you enjoy!

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We were enjoying the autumn sunshine in Lochaber and got some electrofishing done on the Lochy catchment.
Bonnie our mink detection dog was out with us and she is well camouflaged. Good luck spotting her on the pictures!

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We were enjoying the autumn sunshine in Lochaber and got some electrofishing done on the Lochy catchment.
Bonnie our mink detection dog was out with us and she is well camouflaged. Good luck spotting her on the pictures!

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We were out surveying water voles last week.
Weather was lovely and it was nice to be out.
We found some water vole signs as well as American mink and otter.

[Lochaber Fisheries & Conservation Trust @lochaberfish]

We have recently updated our Facebook page where you can find news and updates on our work.

https://t.co/eYNkR8Fgce