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Agenda Bearsden Hall 4th February 2015 7.30pm Welcome and Introduction – Chairman Summary of 2013 – Chairman and Secretary Accounts – Treasurer and Secretary 7.45pm Elections – Chairman (Alan Atkins) – Roddy Hogg (Committee) – Davie Craigie (Committee) – Davie Craigie (Committee) – Frank Cook (Committee) 8.00pm Proposals 1. Slight change to the way we…

Apologies for the late notice, I did try to post this last week with no success. The committee will be meeting tomorrow (Thursday 29th) to put the final touches to the agenda for the upcoming AGM. Anyone who wants to come along to discuss points they may have (or just for a chat), is welcome…

Just a quick note to say that the AGM will be held in Bearsden Burgh Hall, 69 Drymen Road, on Wednesday the 4th of February. The meeting will begin at 7.30pm, and invites will be posted out shortly. More details to follow. Kind regards Paul

With the end of the season now past, all members are reminded that catch returns are now due. It is a condition of your membership that you must submit a catch return at the end of the season, and doing so saves you from paying the £10 joining fee next season. Catch returns are due…

A few pictures of the work we carried out on Sunday. After a slow start (one or two equipment issues) we managed to get a path cleared from Balmore Bridge right along to the Pylon Pool. We were also able to clear most of the bank along the same stretch. The work took a lot…

A few of us will be meeting at Balmore Bridge this Sunday (10:30am) to carry out some bankside work. We will be strimming, pruning, and generally tidying up parts of the Balmore stretch to improve access for the back end. If you are free and fancy helping us out, please come along. Refreshments will be…

Dear Mr Reid I work for Fish Legal in Scotland but am also a founder trustee of the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT). In this instance I am writing on behalf of SIFT for your help in reviving one of Scotland’s most important inshore fisheries. The Firth of Clyde is Britain’s largest inland sea and…

Scottish Water has been fined £12,000 after sewage water overflowed into a burn in East Dunbartonshire. The utility firm admitted allowing the spill into Kirkintilloch’s Purgatory Burn between 6 March and 25 June 2013. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard manholes became blocked and sewage leaked at the burn’s junction with the River Kelvin. As a result,…

An update from SEPA. There was a spill/release of detergent to the sewer on the south side of Glasgow. The heavy overnight rain saw the operation of storm overflows, likely all around the south side (‘Shieldhall catchment’) of Glasgow. Agitation of the detergent in the sewer and in the water environment caused extensive foaming which…

Below is an update from SEPA regarding the large piles of sewage on Red Burn Farm NE of Torrance, and the resulting problems with discharge entering the burn. Thank you to those members that brought it to our attention As discussed earlier a Paragraph 8(1) Waste Management Licence exemption was in place for the storage…