Ae Fishery

Ae Fishery was established over 40 years ago and is now totally dedicated to the production of quality restocking fish for the fisheries of the South of Scotland, the North of England, and further afield in all directions!

The fish farm design is such that it relies on a gravity feed from the Water of Ae, (using about 3 million gallons of water per day) which flows through ponds built in series from one to another so that the maximum amount of water passes through each pond. We believe it is this fast flowing water, over the natural gravel substrate of the ponds that results in fit fish that thrive in as near natural conditions as possible.

The late Rob Mackie established the reputation of Ae Fishery over a fifteen year period until 2007, pioneering a system of grading fish into three quality bands in an attempt to encourage fisheries that wanted to provide anglers with the finest fish it was possible to produce in a farmed environment.

After the untimely death of Rob Mackie, Ae Fishery was bought by good friends of his, the Jowett brothers, of Brow Well Fisheries based in North Yorkshire. Under the umbrella of Brow Well Fisheries, Ae Fishery is now part of one of Britain’s largest specialist producers of restocking Rainbow, Blue and Brown Trout, not to mention Brook Trout and now Tiger Trout.

A new parent company has meant that Ae Fishery has been able to enhance it’s operations with for example the acquisition of state of the art transport vehicles benefiting from the latest oxygen monitoring systems ensuring the optimum environment for the delivery of fish from farm to fishery. The business as a whole works well in that Ae Fishery provides a market in Scotland for Brow Well Fisheries, and on the other hand fisheries in Scotland benefit from being able to take advantage of the expertise at Brow Well Fisheries in Blue Trout production, and now have local access on a consisitent and regular basis to what is undoubtedly the anglers favourite at the moment.

Over the next few years the new company hopes to expand its capacity and realise its ambition to become self-sufficient in the supply of in-house produced fish to its fishery customers, whether it be for the supply of eggs into fishery hatcheries, or the weekly supply of catcheable size fish from 1 lb – double figures!

The aim of Ae Fishery is to carry on offering a bespoke service to our customers, with consistency and reliability being our motto.