River Dee’s salmon decline prompts Galloway Hydro Scheme help

Rowan McCleary, a biologist with GFT, said the situation was at a critical point.

“The key thing right now is that the Atlantic salmon in the Dee are reaching crisis level,” she said.

“What we want to achieve is a system down here at the very entrance to the river to enable more salmon to undertake successful spawning.”

They have identified a number of issues on their route.

“Migratory fish use this fish path most of the year round,” she explained.

“We have highlighted three bottlenecks within the lower river.

“These bottlenecks can be a leap for fish so we need to have enough flow going over this leap – but not too much flow that it inhibits fish.”