Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Fisheries Trust auction for top prizes
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AN online auction is helping to support the conservation of Scotland’s Atlantic salmon.
The event organised by Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Fisheries Trust (FNLFT) offers an opportunity for four anglers to compete to catch a salmon on the Spey, the Findhorn and the Nairn by bidding in a charity fundraising auction this month.
FNLFT director Bob Laughton explained: "As a small charitable trust, this auction helps us to raise vital funds to deliver the important conservation and education initiatives we are planning. As well as the opportunity to enjoy fun experiences and tasty treats, bidding in our auction will be making a difference to local rivers. So I encourage everyone to have a look at our auction lots, tell their friends and get bidding."
A day’s fishing at Cawdor, Glenferness, and Gordon Castle at the end of September are up for grabs, as well as a range of sporting lots from Roe stalking at Pluscarden to wildfowling at Binsness. Experience big machines with 39 Engineer Regiment at Kinloss Barracks, tootle about the countryside in a vintage Bentley or take a wet and wild trip on a Moray Inshore Rescue Organisation boat. Take a tour and tasting in Nairn’s Oatcakes Factory, or a tour and a tipple at Tomatin Distillery. There are also a selection of holiday breaks and cultural experiences to bid for.
The website is live for bidding until February 29, so get bidding to save the salmon which have been returning to spawn in our rivers for millennia, but are now at crisis levels.
Mr Laughton said: "Through the Atlantic Salmon Trust’s Missing Salmon Project, we have discovered that over half of the young salmon leaving the River Findhorn in 2019 did not survive the first 10 km of the 3000km migration to their feeding grounds in the North Atlantic.
"Bidders can help to raise thousands of pounds to be used to help identify the threats to the salmon in our rivers, to help us create the healthiest river environment for all our native species to thrive, and to help us inform and inspire the next generation to care about the rivers on their doorsteps."