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MIKE BARRIO
The Don District Salmon Fishery Board's Hatchery is located in an old meal mill. The Mill of Newe is approximately two miles east of the village of Bellabeg in Strathdon.
The hatchery came into operation in 1964 as a result of industrial pollution on the lower reaches of the River Don. Salmon stocks had become very poor on the middle and upper reaches of the river.
The mill has three floors. The top floor holds the water feeder tanks for the egg troughs which are located below. The bottom floor houses some of the fourteen rearing tanks. There are also two external rearing tank units.
The egg troughs and rearing tanks are gravity fed by water from the Deochry Burn which flows past the hatchery. A brood stock holding impoundment has been constructed in the burn.
The Don Fishery Board bailiff staff operate the hatchery. They are assisted by local man Mr Gibby McIntosh O.B.E. who is employed by the board to check the water supply and to feed the young salmon and trout when the bailiffs are not in attendance.
Salmon, sea trout and brown trout are reared on at the hatchery. They are stocked out to the main river and tributaries as yearlings and unfed fry. Mill of Newe fish are all reared from wild native River Don brood stock.
The Mill of Newe is open to visitors by prior arrangement.
I am sure that you will agree that the River Don bailiff staff are doing a tremendous job at this hatchery.
This is a project that deserves our support. A chance for anglers to put something back in to the river that gives us such good sport.
Donations to help with the purchase of new equipment and to maintain the hatchery will be very welcome.
To support the Mill of Newe, please contact Jim Kerr by email or by telephone (01224) 712989
