The Spey Foundation: Our Work

Our work to manage the impact on Invasive Non Native Species (INNS).

The Spey Foundation and the Spey Fishery Board actively supports education projects at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Educational activities include the "Salmon go to School" project, student projects and work placements. Study visits are…

Although good catch data form angling and netting exist for the there is a need to develop a reliable and independent means of assessing the numbers of salmon ascending and descending the Spey. The Spey…

Arguably the best measure of a rivers salmon population is gained from monitoring the smolt output. To achieve this for the whole Spey is an ambitious task but during 2005 to 2008 attempts to do…

In 1990 the Board initiated a program of yearly electro-fishing surveys to monitor the status of juvenile salmonids throughout the catchment.  Two approaches are used, electro-fishing a known area and timed electrofishing. For area based…

The Spey Fishery Board, in close collaboration with Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS), the Tweed Commission and the Dee District Salmon Fishery Board have taken the leading role in developing a Genetic Analysis…