Supported by: Jeremy Balfour*, David Stewart*, James Dornan*, Emma Harper*, Ash Denham*, Stuart McMillan*, Joan McAlpine*, Stewart Stevenson*, Richard Lyle*, Kenneth Gibson*, Sandra White*, Ruth Maguire*, Clare Haughey* *S5M-10753 Joan McAlpine: Here's to a Good Year on the Nith That the Parliament — welcomes the beginning of the salmon fishing season on the River Nith; congratulates Jim Henderson and other members of the Nith District Salmon Fishery Board whose diligent management interventions have successfully protected fish stocks and allowed for the Nith to be upgraded to a category 1 river; understands that the opening event took place on 26 February 2018, bringing the fishing community together to celebrate the commencement of the coming season, as well as discuss current issues; acknowledges the projects run by the fishery board that are aimed at encouraging young people across Dumfries and Galloway to fish, such as the 2017 Youth Angling Programme; wishes the board all the best for the season ahead, and hopes that people from all over will come to fish on the Nith.