The TDSFB would like to run a project in the Tummel-Garry Hydro System which would demonstrate the mortality of smolts running the gauntlet of the hydro dams and turbines in the system. The project will use the latest technology sensors with the results being added to those of previous studies and used to convince the various Government and Indutrial stakeholders that we must mitigate for undoubted losses due to the hydro system. Such mitigation must be practical eg stocking or trapping and trucking smolts below the dam or financial. Funding is critical.
We believe that a satisfactory conclusion to this project will bring significant benefits to the River Tummel salmon stocks and and also those of the middle amd lower river.
The Board has no funding available and the Tay Catchment Salmon Alliance has accepted the challenge to raise the £100,000 necessary to deliver the project next year. We are looking at ways to reduce the costs but are running with £100,000 as the goal.
The full project description is here:
https://tayghillies.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TCSA-Fundraiser_study-18-November.pdf
Donation information:
Everyone at TCSA is a volunteer so every pound raised goes straight to saving our officially endangered Atlantic Salmon. Whether you can donate money or effort we need you now!
You can donate money direct to the TCSA Account:
Bank transfer
Tay Catchment Salmon Alliance
Sort Code: 83 23 25
Account Number: 19078298
Please use your surname as the reference
Alternatively,
Cheques may to be sent to:
Treasurer, Tay Catchment Salmon Alliance, Roman Bridge Cottage, Dunkeld, PH8 0DW
We have also initiated a “Go Fund Me “ page – You can “Go fund Me” at the following link:
Volunteers
You can also volunteer. We need specific skills to supplement our small team. The Tay Catchment is huge and the fight to “Save Our Salmon “is a massive task. We need people with a variety of skills to join our team. We cannot do it all.
River Champions
We need volunteers to co-ordinate our efforts in each river system. We must develop a dedicated team on each river. We need our teams to :-
Sign up Landowners and Proprietors to TCSA
Identify prioritise and manage projects from inception to completion
Fundraise
Organise volunteers
Social media
TCSA needs to go viral. Can you help extend our reach? Do you have the skills, or do you know someone who does? Please contact Bob Mason, sec@thetay.org
Volunteer teams
Projects can take time to organise and fund. We can face many obstacles. It can look like it may never happen and then suddenly it does……..and then it’s all hands on deck. Can you give your time and your skills? Tell us what you can do and please register with Bob Mason (sec@thetay.org now
The future of our catchment is in our hands and in our heads. We need to save our salmon now! Nobody else will do it