Talk provided for the annual Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre Meeting. Held at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment, Loch Lomond. 4th-5th Feb 2015

1. ANNUAL SFCC/RAFTS BIOLOGISTS’ MEETING
4TH-5TH FEBRUARY 2015
Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE)

2. A ‘people’ management issue

3. 1. River Annan Trust
2. Argyll Fisheries Trust
3. Ayrshire Rivers Trust
4. Clyde River Foundation
5. Cromarty Firth Fisheries Trust
6. Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Trust
7. Esk Fisheries Trust
8. Findhorn Nairn and Lossie
9. Galloway Fisheries Trust
10. Helmsdale DSFB
11. Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Trust
12. Lochaber Fisheries Trust
13. Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust
14. Outer Hebrides Fisheries Trust
15. River Dee Trust
16. River Don Trust
17. River Forth Fisheries Trust
18. River Naver Fisheries
19. Spey Foundation
20. Tay DSFB
21. Tweed Foundation
22. Wester Ross Fisheries Trust
23. West Sutherland Fisheries Trust
24. Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust
25. Nith Catchment Fisheries Trust
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4. “The objects and aims of the SFCC are to help its members and
others to collect, collate, use, and provide information on
salmon and freshwater fish, their habitats and fisheries, in an
effective and co-operative way.“

7. ANNUAL SFCC/RAFTS BIOLOGISTS’ MEETING
DAY 2
Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE)

8. Achievements over the last year
DATA PROVISION
• MS Smolt project
• Southampton
• Conservation limits
TRAINING COURSES
•EF refresher course
•Gis
•Scale reading
•Smolts
•Training vision development
SEPA membership
Collaboration with IFM

10. AGM 2015

11. 2014 objectives
Data
1. Compilation of freely available spatial data sources, processing by catchment and
sharing with members using dropbox
2. Development of web portal: Step 1: A basic catchment portal for Scotland
3. Basic audit of the electro-fishing database. Grid references, site codes etc
4. Streamline data entry process in electro-fishing database
Training
1. Implementation of SFCC training vision
2. Firstly for EF refresher and GIS.
3. Scale reading workshops
Protocols
1. Produce smolt recording protocol after MSS project
2. Revise & update SFCC habitat surveying protocol
3. Electro-fishing for EIA’s. Specifically windfarms or hydro as well?
4. Update large water body methods that were put together by members
Collaboration
1. Improve links with MSS
2. Establish I.F.M CPD points accreditation
3. Promote links with universities in
Scotland
4. Participate in fisheries management
review

12. 2015 objectives
Data
1. Compilation of freely available spatial data sources, processing by catchment and
sharing with members using dropbox
2. Development of web portal: Step 1: A basic catchment portal for Scotland
3. Basic audit of the electro-fishing database. Grid references, site codes etc
4. Streamline data entry process in electro-fishing database
Training
1. Implementation of SFCC
training vision
2. In particular, statistics
3. Scale reading workshops
Protocols
1. Produce smolt recording protocol after MSS project
2. Electro-fishing review
3. Revise & update SFCC habitat surveying protocol
4. Electro-fishing for EIA’s. Specifically windfarms or hydro as well?
5. Update large water body methods that were put together by members
Collaboration
1. Participate in the fisheries management review
2. Completion of a data MOU
3. Improve links with MSS
4. Promote links with universities in Scotland