ANNUAL BIOLOGISTS’ MEETINGDAY 2Birnam

COOPTEESDavid Dunkley (SOAEFD)Ed Christie (FFL)Ron Harriman (FFL) Andy Walker (FFL)Richard Shelton (FFL) Julian Maclean (FFL)Alastair Stephen (Scottish Hydro-Electric plc)Ron Campbell (Biologist – Tweed Foundation)Richard Lyons (Biologist – Tay DSFB) Simon McKelvie (Conon DSFB)Shona Marshall (Biologist – WSFT) James Butler (Biologist – WRFT)Jon Watt (Biologist – L&DFT) Mark Bilsby (Biologist – WIFT)Callum Sinclair (Biologist – WGFT)Adrian Hudson (Biologist - Dee DSFB)

Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre (SFCC)Agreement – July 1998

COMMITTEEAndrew Wallace - Salmon Fisheries Co-ordinator  Judith Nicol - Director, Tweed Foundation  Bob Laughton – Trust Representative, Spey Research Trust Colin Bull - Biologist, Awe Fisheries  Diane McLafferty - Head of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries branch John Armstrong - Head of Ecology and Environment Section at Fisheries Research Services, FFL, Ross Gardiner - Senior Scientific Officer at Fisheries Research Services, FFL  Danny Donoghue - Durham University

“The objects and aims of the SFCC are to help its members and others to collect, collate, use, and provide information on

salmon and freshwater fish, their habitats and fisheries, in an effective and co-operative way.“

STANDARDISE DATA COLLECTION

DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIST SOFTWARE

PROVIDE TRAINING FOR DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS

ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION OF FISHERIES SCIENCECOORDINATE DISSEMINATION

OF SPATIAL DATA

PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR POOLING RESOURCES

FACILITATE CROSS SCOTLAND SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS and PROVIDE FISHERIES DATA TO INFORM NATIONAL POLICY DECISIONS

Electrofishing

- Introductory & Team Leader courses

- SVQ accredited (Levels II & III)

Data landscape

One Scotland Mapping

Agreement