The Dee District Salmon Fishery Board is the statutory body tasked with protecting and enhancing stocks of salmon and sea trout across the district. The district encompasses not only the River Dee but also the neighbouring rivers of the Carron and Cowie.

This Board has been recognised as being at the forefront of fisheries management in Scotland with an established track record in innovative conservation and enhancement policies.

River Dee Newsletter
For information about the River Dee management, ongoing projects, development plans, fundraising activity and news please read the latest quarterly newsletter.

River Dee Newsletter - August 2011

Dee Salmon Fishing Improvement Association

The Dee Salmon Fishing Improvement Association (DSFIA) was formed by the Marquis of Huntly in 1872 with the aim of improving the rod fishings on the River Dee in North-East Scotland by leasing net fishings below Banchory and removing the nets, thereby allowing a larger number of salmon and sea trout to reach the spawning beds in the upper waters. The Association has continued since its date of formation without a formal constitution.

Among the aims and objectives of the Association are the improvement of the rod fishings on the River Dee and its tributaries, acting in the interests of the rod fishing proprietors, consideration of conservation measures, habitat improvement works, promotion of salmon fishing and many other related issues affecting the river. The Association also continues to fund the Dee Salmon Fisheries Company Limited, which, although dormant, requires to be maintained, as it holds title to the netting rights within the lower section of the mainstem of the River Dee.

The River Dee Trust

The River Dee Trust is a community-based charitable company, set up in 1998 and tasked with the following aims and objectives:- Improving our knowledge of the ecology and associated fish stocks of the River Dee so that practical improvements can be made to the biodiversity and management of the River.

Delivering educational information to schools, organisations and individuals living in the North East of Scotland. To work in co-operation with those that have the improvement of the River at heart.

Our work is guided by the principle of how we can better understand and improve the River so that we may look after it for this and future generations. To achieve these aims the River Dee Trust must raise sufficient funds so that these works can be achieved to the highest standard. With your support we will be able to meet our aims and continue looking after the Dee and the surrounding area, for many years to come.

The River Dee Trust Tracking Programme
The River Dee Trust carried out a radio tagging and tracking programme through the winters of 2008/2010. This programme was a project to monitor the impact of salmon angling on late running fish into the River Dee which enabled vital scientific research to be carried out with a view to advising the DDSFB about the feasibility of an extension to the salmon fishing season. In the last year of the research some 60 salmon were radio tagged and their movements tracked. Three local primary schools participated with the project and allowed River Dee Trust Biologist Lorraine Hawkins to visit the schools and make presentations to the school children about the migration movements of salmon in the River Dee. Each of the radio tagged salmon were named after one of the local school children and a website was set up to allow the schools, children and parents to monitor the movements of the salmon during their spawning runs. Each of the children were presented with a Christmas present on behalf of the Trust to thank them for making the project so appealing to a wide audience of eager followers. The website with all the information about the important research and migration movements of the salmon on Google maps can be found here.

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RIVER DEE
GRAND AUCTION
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A collection of fourteen fabulous auction lots have been donated to help raise vital funds for the River Dee. Full details can be accessed here
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