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IntroductionThe following plan has been drafted by the Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust. During2007 and 2008, the Trust was contracted by the Scottish Government to produce anaudit of the available fish and fishery information on the Ness and Beauly catchments.All fisheries trusts in Scotland undertook a similar process. It is envisaged thatfisheries trusts throughout Scotland will utilise the information produced in the auditsin order to produce fisheries action plans for their area of remit. The plan has utilisedthe framework for the production of fish and fishery management plans published bythe Scottish Fishery Co-ordination Centre (SFCC) 1 . The plan has been drafted inconjunction with the Beauly District Fishery Board.It is envisaged that the framework provided by the plan will be flexible and willevolve during the timescale which the plan covers. The planning process is likely tobe iterative in nature with an assessment of the success and failures of the present planbeing incorporated into future planning cycles.Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust Drafts Fishery Action PlanPlan Distributed to Fishery Board, Stakeholders etc ForCommentPlan ImplementedSuccess Reviewed Prior to Production of New Plan1 See www.sfcc.co.uk2
1. Aims and Objectives1.1 The aim of this plan is to provide a framework for the protection andenhancement of fish stocks native to the Beauly catchment and to ensure that anyexploitation of such stocks, by either commercial or recreational fisheries, isundertaken in a sustainable manner. Fish species that are not exploited byfisheries contribute to the biodiversity of the area and are often considered to beof high conservation value. As such, all fish species native to the Beaulycatchment have been included in the planning process. The remit of the Ness &Beauly Fisheries Trust includes all such species but it is noted that the remit ofthe Beauly District Fishery Board extends only to salmon and sea trout. The planalso recognises that management of fish stocks should be undertaken at apopulation rather than a species level when required.1.2 The plan covers the period 2008-2010. A relatively short planning period hasbeen chosen to ensure that a full evaluation of the success and failure of theimplementation of prescribed actions can be undertaken within a short timescale.It is expected that the Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust will use the prescribedactions as a basis for its work programme during the planning period. It is likelythat new issues will arise during the planning period therefore the plan is flexiblein nature and is likely to be adapted during the planning period to meet therequirements of fish and fishery interests.1.3 It is recognised that cognisance of various other plans that are in existence, bothlocally and nationally, has to be taken into account in the production of fish andfishery action plans. The Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust has contributed to thedrafting of the Inverness and Nairn Biodiversity Action Plan and the AreaAdvisory Group discussions re the Scottish River Basin Plan (a key component ofthe Water Framework Directive).1.4 Details of the area covered by the plan are illustrated in the maps on pages 4-6. Tofacilitate an assessment of the key pressures and actions required to mitigate forsuch pressures, the system has been sub-divided into smaller management units.Units comprise of: Lower Beauly (including Belladrum and Bruiach Burns);Upper Beauly; Farrar; and Glass, Cannich and Affric). This helps to define whichpressures and associated actions are generic across management units and whichare more geographically specific in nature. The choice of geographical extent ofeach management unit is somewhat arbitrary in nature and it is recognised that inthe future the increased use of genetic tools are likely to define more readily thegeographic range of populations of fish species. For the purposes of this plan theBeauly, Inverness and Moray Firths, including the many small burns that decantinto the Firths, constitute an additional management unit which is considered tobe part of the Beauly system. Lochs are included in the management unit of theclosest river.3
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