Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 20:01 Members should note that the Wild Fishery Review Team have published a further consultation document in relation to fishery reform in Scotland. This document contains a number of proposals and seeks the views of anglers and indeed all other interested parties on the future direction of travel [...]
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/08/2016 - 21:49 AGM Report. What the 115 AGM of the LLAIA lacked in time management it certainly made up for in content. This was the second year that we have invited guest speakers to present to our members and it is certain that they made an impact. First [...]
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/08/2016 - 22:43 In 2015 Ms Hannele Honkanen, a PhD student of the University of Glasgow based at Scottish Centre for the Environment (SCENE) undertook a smolt tagging experiment supported by Scottish and Southern Energy, SEPA, the Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust and the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association. This [...]
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/28/2016 - 16:55 The AGM of the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association will be held on Saturday 6th February 2016 at the Main Lecture Theatre, Boyd Orr Building, Glasgow University. The Boyd Orr building is located off University Avenue close to its junction with Byres Road, Glasgow. The post code [...]
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/28/2016 - 17:26 Guy Linley-Adams on behalf of Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland. 'Wild salmonids in the ‘aquaculture zone’ on the west coast are in trouble. In 2015, the Scottish Government published the latest classification of the country’s salmon rivers’ salmon populations, placing all rivers in the west Highlands and [...]
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/19/2016 - 21:48 It has been announced today (Tuesday 19 January) that the government intend to bring in regulations under existing fisheries legislation that will effectively make the Lomond system, like the rest of the Clyde catchment, a category 3 water. As you are no doubt aware these proposals were [...]
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/16/2016 - 11:14 Over the last month contact has been maintained with the Wild Fisheries Review Team in an effort to establish what, if any, legislative changes will occur this year in relation to the retention of salmon. As recently as Thursday 14 January the response from the Review Team [...]
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/31/2015 - 16:37 We are delighted to announce that our Season 2016 permits have been returned from printing. The treasurer and membership secretary have worked over the Christmas holiday to bundle them up and dispatch out to our retail outlets where they are now on sale. If purchasing a River [...]
Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/20/2015 - 12:45 The papers relating to the proposed wild fishery review are still with the Minister. It is hoped that a formal announcement will still be made before Christmas. Irrespective of the result and in the absence of any guidance from Government, despite repeated requests, the committee have had [...]
Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/20/2015 - 12:52 LLAIA Permit availability - Season 2016 Due to technical problems at the printers there has been a slight delay in the availability of season 2016 permits. Postal and retail outlet issue are both affected. We hope to collect permits from the printers early next week. It will [...]