Neil Auchterlonie

Trustee since 2024

I am passionate about fish and I have always been fascinated by grayling within my primary interest of salmonids. My career has seen me working as a biologist in both freshwater and marine environments, with largely technical roles based on a background of research and science management. I grew up in Perthshire, Scotland where my keen interest in fish took me to Stirling University (BSc in Biology), Plymouth University (MSc in Applied Fish Biology) and back to Stirling again (PhD in aquaculture). I have worked across a wide-range of aquaculture and fisheries subjects and I am now a home-based consultant. I hold a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Southampton, and the voluntary role of Editor of the Grayling Society.

My interests tend to be outdoors-orientated and I am currently training two Weimaraners as working gundogs which takes up a lot of my free time, whilst also learning to play the bagpipes, enjoying reading, weight-training, motorcycles and fly fishing.