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Professional Services

The River Don Trust has a wealth of knowledge of working within the catchment specifically on fisheries related issues alongside more general skills relating to habitat and riparian flora and fauna.

The Trust is a non VAT registered Charity and its services are available for commercial consultations within the River Don Catchment with specialist skills ranging from juvenile fish electro fishing and adult aundance estimates through redd counts to invertebrate monitoring, mammal surveys and INNS surveillance, control and eradication. 

The Trust has experience working with both renewable and fossil fuel developments, residential and commercial developments and has supported smaller projects within the catchment.

The Trust Biologist is accredited by several lead organisations

Scottish Natural Heritage; for Water Vole, Otter, American Signal Crayfish and Freshwater Pearl Mussel Surveys.

Scottish Fisheries Coordination Centre; Electro Fishing and Habitat Surveys.

RAFTS; Invasive Aquatic Plant Surveys

Riverfly Partnership; Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring & ID

For more detials please do not hesitate to contact the Biologist

Other services

Gyrodactylus Salaris

The Trust is also able to provide a disinfection service to anglers and other river users who wish to disinfect their tackle/equipment against the Invasive Parasite Gyrodactylus Salaris. The Trust ask for a small donation in exchange for the service. To arrange the service please contact the Trust Biologist