Welcome to the website of the River Annan District Salmon Fishery Board

This site will report on the deliberations of the River Annan District Salmon Fishery Board and will record it's achievements on a quarterly basis. It is intended to be of interest to anglers, visitors and proprietors of fishing alike. It will contain, among other things, copies of the Fishery Board's Environment Manager's reports, information about problems and any pollution incidents, details of who to contact in the event of problems relating to the river and its tributaries, and links to other sites of interest in the area and possibly beyond.

It will detail works both ongoing and at the planning stage to improve the Annan and its environment as a natural resource for the enjoyment of visitor and local alike.

The River Annan Board is a member of the Association of Salmon Fishery Boards, which is a Scottish institution, whose 2009 Annual Report containing many interesting articles may be accessed here as a pdf file

This is a technical resource, specific to the whole of the River Annan and it's catchment area. If you are looking for fishing, details of individual Beats and booking facilities, together with a comprehensive list of current river heights throughout the river, can be found on our sister site www.fishannan.co.uk . In autumn 2009 a film was made of salmon fishing on the Newbie beat and can be found on www.onlinefishing.tv

Before you go however, please take some time to navigate this site and hopefully enjoy the technical information that The Board intends to deliver here in as reader friendly a manner as is possible.

WARNING!!

The winter floods and ice floes have altered the river bed considerably in many parts of the river. Please take extra care when wading as a pool's topography may have changed dramatically since last season. Sea trout anglers fishing at night should be aware of the dangers as they reacquaint themselves with what they might consider familiar pools.

The Irish Sea international research into the sea trout problems is now
well under way and volunteers to assist in sampling rod caught sea trout
through measurement and scales are invited to come forward. Rod cought
Sea Trout donations are also invited, not to feed the fishery board
staff, but because it is illegal to sell rod caught fish and this is
restricting the sampling numbers. Researchers have been purchasing sea
trout from the nets but this has produced only 19 to date. I can tell
you however that the average weight of those 19 was 1.2 kilos.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Vacancy: General Assistant

25 hours per week Wage: £6 per hour Duration: 26 weeks

General Assistant Required to assist with all works undertaken by the Annan District Salmon Fisheries Board..

Main duties include assisting Fishery Staff with surveys of the habitat, juvenile fish and invasive species, predator control and the collection of stock and all other relevant duties in the operation of a salmon hatchery and in the enforcement of Fishery Regulations.

A demonstrable understanding of biology to higher level equivalent or above would be an advantage but not essential. The

successful candidate will be expected to complete a SVQ Level 2 in Fisheries Management.

The candidate must exhibit good time keeping, have a flexible attitude to hours worked given that anti-social hours will be required

You must have good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team and also have the discipline to work alone, perhaps in

remote areas without direct supervision.

No experience is required but the candidate should have a reasonable level of physical fitness. A full driving licence is essential.

This vacancy has been made available through the Future Jobs Fund and therefore interested candidates should apply through

Job Centre Plus and not direct with the employer.