BEAULY SYSTEM FISH AND FISHERY ACTION PLAN ... - RAFTS

X. Agriculture.Poor agriculture practices are likely to have lowered the quality of habitat in manylowland areas via pollution, increased sediment inputs and inappropriate physicalalterations to watercourses.X1. Illegal Fishing.Illegal fishing has the potential to reduce the amount of fish available forlegitimate fishing and may also reduce the number of adult fish available forspawning. Water bailiffs patrol the Beauly catchment.Table 7 represents an assessment by the Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust withregard to the magnitude of impact the above factors have, or are likely to have inthe future, on fishery production within the respective management units.Table 4I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XILower Beauly H H M H M M M M L M MUpper Beauly H H H M M M M M L M MFarrar H H H M M M M MGlass,Cannich & Affric H H H L M M M M M M MBeauly, Inverness & MorayFirthsM H M M H H MH = High SignificanceM = Moderate SignificanceL= Low SignificanceBlank = No Significance28