NESS & BEAULY FISHERIES TRUST

The Ness and Beauly Fisheries Trust is an environmental charity established to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of both the Rivers Beauly and Ness and the native fish stocks within their catchments. The Trust was formed in 2005 and registered as a charity with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) on 20th December 2006 (Scottish Charity Registration Number SC 037684). It is also a Company Limited by Guarantee (incorporated on 12th December 2005) and is registered at Companies House (Company Registration Number SC 294401). The Trust supports and promotes holistic catchment management, drawing together all stakeholders to provide a vehicle to allow them to invest in this management. The Ness & Beauly Fisheries Trust aims to protect and enhance native fish species within the River Ness and River Beauly catchments along with a number of smaller coastal catchments. As part of the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative the trust will be tackling giant hogweed at Munlochy (on the Black Isle) and the River Ness and associated burns (Inverness area). They will also be tackling Japanese knotweed in Beauly, Drumnadrochit and on the banks of the River Ness along with American skunk cabbage and the American mink, throughout the catchments.