A Catchment wide approach to restoring the environment and saving our King of Fish
Enhancing the Tay Catchment for our and nature's future
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A new Alliance focussed on enhancing the Tay Catchment
The Tay Catchment Salmon Alliance is the new name for the Tay Ghillies Association. This new name better reflects the current situation on the “Mighty Tay”, its tributaries and the landscape environment through which they flow. Joining the Alliance immediately is the Tay Action Partnership which comprises proprietors from significant beats in the Tay Catchment who bring huge experience, expertise and a sense of urgency to the new Alliance. There are more potential members also ready to join including environmental groups, local businesses, fishery owners, the hospitality industry, anglers, and interested individuals.
For decades the River Tay and its tributaries have been world-famous for salmon angling, bringing thousands of visitors to Scotland each year. Recently, the numbers of Atlantic Salmon have been declining steeply to the point where it is now classified as endangered - a classification which, if not reversed, will lead to eventual extinction. The continuing decline of the Wild Atlantic Salmon is worrying – this “King of Fish” is now listed as an endangered species! It is an “indicator species” and its decline shows that all is not well with our environment with significant issues caused by climate change, floods, increases in temperature and a number of man-made issues such as barriers to migration, pollution and over-predation by protected species. This is a major issue in the Tay Catchment, UK’s largest, with adverse effects on employment, tourism, local businesses and the environment which the general public enjoy. The new Alliance will take a catchment-wide approach to restoring the environment, focussing on environmental improvements benefiting the land, birds, mammals, all wild fish and the endangered freshwater pearl mussels.

Membership
Membership is open to everyone - people from anywhere in the world who have an interest in restoring our environment to ensure a healthy, vibrant, ecosystem and in helping stop the decline in the Atlantic Salmon. Whatever you are - an environmental organisation, an interested individual, a ghillie, a riparian owner, an angler, a land agent, an angling club, or a local, national or international business, please help us in our quest to fix the catchment issues and stop the decline of our iconic "King of Fish".
If you feel you could contribute to our goals by becoming a member please contact our secretary at sec@thetay.org or fill in the form in the "About Us" section