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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
4 Actions.Lower Beauly (including Belladrum and Bruiach).Impact Action Partners Expectation 2008 2009 2010Monitor charr population of LochY YBruicheach.Impoundmentand Abstraction.? Assess if increasedabstraction damages charrpopulation prior to CARlicence renewal.Predation.Obtain licence to lower predation viaMoray Firth Seal Management Groupand Moray Firth Sawbill ManagementGroup.Moray Firth SealManagement Group. MorayFirth Sawbill ManagementGroup.Lower Predation pressureparticularly on migratoryspecies.Y Y YBarriers toMigration.Continue annual surveys to ensure logjams in Belladrum and Bruiach riversdo not prevent migration.Maintain access to spawningareas.Y Y Y29
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Page 3 and 4: 1. Aims and Objectives1.1 The aim o
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Page 7 and 8: 2. Catchment and Fishery Descriptio
Page 9 and 10: BEAULY SUPERFICIAL GEOLOGYALVGSGPEA
Page 11: BEAULY LAND USEArableBrackenBroadle
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Page 24 and 25: 2.4 FisheriesRod catch data from th
Page 26 and 27: 3. Factors Limiting Fish Production
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Page 40 and 41: Beauly, Inverness and Moray Firths.
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