Rising in the Cairngorm National Park and flowing 135km east down to the sea in Aberdeen, the Don is Scotland's 6th largest river draining a catchment of 1312sq/km. Home to a range of freshwater species, which include the iconic Atlantic Salmon, sea trout, eels and lamprey, with its specimen wild brown trout perhaps making it most well- known.

The Don District Salmon Fishery Board is the statutory body tasked with protecting and enhancing stocks of salmon and sea trout across the district. The Board is made up of salmon fishery owners and angling representatives.

The River Don Trust is a charitable organisation, established to advance for public benefit, environmental protection and improvement by conserving and enhancing the natural biodiversity associated with the freshwater environments of the River Don.

The Board has offices at Netherton Business Centre close to the village of Kemnay and employs three Fisheries Officers. Their work includes river management, conservation and fisheries protection within the district. The Board currently has a management service level agreement with the Dee DSFB. The two rivers work closely together.