A plea from Tom Brown
Tom Brown has asked us to share the following information, request and video (at bottom) re. haaf netting on the Nith: What's Missing around Glencaple? As you travel from Dumfries towards the Auld Quay take a look [.....]
Haaf Netting on the Solway, from 1954
Fascinating for the other stories and adverts of the era too, this newspaper article focuses on the ancient art of haaf netting in the Solway - the history, technique, the people and stories, the rewards and the dangers... [.....]
Countryside pursuits for a Duke (no date)
Following on from our first article taken from the late Ian Hamilton Junior's folder, here is the next newspaper cutting which may be of interest. I think we have got to grips with the scanning device, it took [.....]
“Fishy Tales”/ “Out of the Blue – Solway Seafood” at Dumfries Museum
Thursday 30 June, 6.30 - 8pm at Dumfries Museum To celebrate the opening of our new exhibition “Out of the Blue – Solway Seafood”, Nic Coombey of Solway Firth Partnership is giving a talk entitled “Fishy Tales”. He [.....]
Glencaple feature in The Standard, July 5th 1961
With thanks to Tom Brown, we have been loaned a folder full of memorabilia which had been carefully collected and compiled by the late Ian Hamilton Junior. It is brimming with articles of local information, fishing and, in [.....]
Possible ‘Reprieve’ for Haaf Netters?
Thinkstock Image: Haaf netters could be involved in a scientific project after the regulations are introduced. The BBC have reported that MSPs have expressed 'widely differing' views on the potential impact of the new wild salmon stock protection [.....]
Fears for Haaf netting over salmon restriction
Following the announcement on Tuesday 19th of January 2016, by the Scottish Government, the BBC have reported fears for the ancient tradition of haaf netting on the Nith as new regulations to protect Scottish wild salmon stocks are [.....]
Haaf Netting Salmon on the Nith
Author: Johnny Scott Republished from The Field, November 9, 2010. The River Nith, the seventh-longest in Scotland, starts life in the Carsphairn Hills of East Ayrshire, flowing through Nithsdale in Dumfries and Galloway until it spills into the Solway Firth [.....]