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The River Dee, the River Ken and the Deugh River are the main rivers that make up the Kirkcudbrightshire Dee River System. There are over fifty miles of river and the catchment area covers approximately four hundred square miles of some of the area's most beautiful lochs and hillsides, and make it the largest of South West Scotland's rivers.
 
More photos of the Dee River System
 
   
The Polmaddy Burn
 
                             
 
Detailed map of the catchment area of the Dee River SystemDetailed map of the lower stretch of the River Dee
 
The role of the Dee (Kirkcudbright) District Salmon Fisheries Board is to oversee the maintenance of the lochs, rivers and streams that make up the Dee River System, and to see to the well being of the fish that are in them.

Although District Salmon Fisheries Boards had their origin in the salmon fisheries acts introduced in the mid 1800s, their constitution was changed in 1986 and is now provided in the 1986 Salmon Act. Salmon fisheries in Scotland are privately owned and elected representatives of the owners of fisheries on the river provide the core of the membership of the Board. However, since 1986, the fisheries boards are now also required to include representatives of salmon anglers and salmon netsmen in the district.
     
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Much has happened over the course of the last 80 years to adversely effect the ecological structure of the Dee River System, and to threaten the existance of the Atlantic Salmon that once were so prolific in this river.

This web site serves to illustrate the situation and the major obstacles that exist, and to outline a plan of objectives to begin to restore an ecological balance that will once again allow the salmon to return and breed in the Dee River System.

Read the objectives page here for details of the new hatchery ....
 
 
                       
The Dam at Clatterinshaws