The Lochaber Fisheries Trust are often asked to undertake fieldwork for Environmental Impact Assessments on local development schemes, such as hydro-electric installations.
We feel that our local knowledge of rivers and burns gives us an edge in understanding the nature of individual watercourses, and the pressures which are likely to affect them.
We offer a high quailty, personal service at a comeptitive price, and athe income supports the delivery of our charitable aims.
Our biologist are triained in variety of common aqautic survey methods and additionally hold specialist knowledge in river restoration, fisheries data analysis and salmonid ecology.
Services we offer include …
- Electrofishing surveys
- Fish habitat surveys
- Freshwater pearl mussel surveys
- Water vole surveys
- Seine netting / fyke netting
- Invasive species surveys
- Invertebrate kick sampling
- Aquatic eDNA surveys
- Evidence reviews on fisheries conservation and management topics
- Data analysis and visualisation, including interacative GIS maps and dashboards
- Restoration project management
- Fisheries impact assesments - PEA/EIA/HRA
- Fish rescues
If you have any other enquiries which are not listed above, please get in touch as we might be able to help.
