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Spey Fishery Board Open Meeting in London 30 th April 2013 Spey Fishery Board Staff Director: Roger Knight Accounts Manager: Alison Maxwell (Part-Time) Office Administrator: Sally Worsdall (Part-Time) Hatchery Manager: Jimmy Woods Operations

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Spey Fishery Board Open Meeting in London

30th April 2013

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Spey Fishery Board Staff

Director: Roger Knight Accounts Manager: Alison Maxwell (Part-Time) Office Administrator: Sally Worsdall (Part-Time) Hatchery Manager: Jimmy Woods Operations Manager: Duncan Ferguson Head Bailiff: Richard Whyte Bailiffs: Lindsay Grant Jason Hysert Alistair Grant Research: Brian Shaw (Biologist) A N Other (Biologist) (Jim Reid (seasonal)) Steve Burns (Assistant Biologist) Spey Foundation: Toby Kirkwood (seasonal) Callum Robertson (seasonal)

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Spey Fishery Board Staff

SPEY FISHERY BOARD CLERK CHAIRMAN SPEY FOUNDATION COMMITTEE DIRECTOR BAILIFFS HATCHERY ACCOUNTS RESEARCH

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Habitat Management

  • Bailiffs are

“Countryside Rangers” as well as river policemen.

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Protecting the River Spey Catchment

The River Spey is 107 miles long, with circa 560 Miles of main tributaries and 20 miles of coastline. A substantial area to protect.

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Protecting the River Spey Catchment

  • Four full-time Water Bailiffs and one part-time.
  • All Bailiffs are professionally qualified and

warranted.

  • Powers of arrest, search and seizure of

equipment.

  • Work closely with the (now) Scottish Police

Service.

  • Significant deterrent effect.
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Baliffing: Coastal Patrols

  • Spey Fishery Board operate a RIB Patrol Boat:
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Mixed Stock Fisheries Coastal Netting

  • Spey coastal netting stations bought in 1993 by ASCT(S) and SFB.
  • Usan Fisheries have purchased a netting station at Thurso and at

Aberdour (Deveron Catchment).

Coastal nets at Aberdour, Deveron Catchment.

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Mixed Stock Fisheries

Coastal nets at Aberdour in the Deveron Catchment.

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Water Abstraction/Diversion Throughout The Spey Catchment

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Envirocentre Report Summary

  • First time a holistic review of water resources

within the Spey catchment had been undertaken.

  • Up to 49% of the mean annual flow to Kinrara in

the Upper Spey is estimated to be transferred.

  • Up to 20% of the mean annual flow to Spey Bay is

estimated to be transferred.

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Water Abstraction from the River Spey Catchment

RioTinto Alcan SSE Tromie & Truim Diversions/Transfers

  • The Spey Catchment is 3,008 Km2. The red dot

illustrates the approximate location of Kinrara.

  • The most significant abstractions/diversions are by Rio

Tinto Alcan and Scottish & Southern Energy.

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Water Abstraction

  • 3. Rio Tinto Alcan

Spey Dam, owned and operated by Rio Tinto Alcan.

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Spey Dam – SFB Concerns

  • 1. Spey Board believe that the water (compensation)

flow from the Dam is insufficient to allow adult fish to migrate upto and above the dam to spawn,

  • r to allow smolts to migrate downriver.
  • 2. Off-take screens allow juvenile fish to transit to

Loch Laggan in the Lochaber Catchment.

  • 3. The heck at the River Markie prevents upstream

migration of adult fish.

  • 4. River Mashie needs significant improvement to

meet the requirements of the Water framework Directive.

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The Upper River Spey (15/07/10)

(Left) The volume of water that flows into the reservoir behind Spey Dam, versus(right) the amount delivered by way of Compensation Flow.

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The Reservoir Behind Spey Dam

An aerial view of the reservoir behind Spey Dam, with (centre) the River Spey flowing in and (right) the Crunachden Cut diverting water to Loch Laggan.

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Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE)

Tromie & Truim Diversions/Transfers SSE’s Dam at Loch An’t’ Seilich

  • n the River Tromie.
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Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE)

Tromie water is piped to this power station near the Truim, then diverted by a man-made channel to Dalwhinnie and into Loch Ericht.

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Water Abstraction Summary

Rio Tinto Alcan SSE Tromie & Truim Diversions/Transfers (i) 49% of the mean annual flow at Kinrara in the upper Spey estimated to be transferred. (ii) Up to 20% of the mean annual flow to Spey Bay is estimated to be transferred.

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SSE Proposals

  • Believe it or not……………….
  • SSE want to take even more water!
  • Proposals to re-water the River Garry (Tay

catchment) will have significant effect on the River Tromie, but even more so on the River Truim.

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Why Bother?

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Any Questions?