Here's an interesting BBC News report about record river stockings in 2015:
Record year for fish releases in England's rivers - BBC News
Record year for fish releases in England's rivers - BBC News
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Yes I have read that myself.
You could say its an admission by the EA , that there is a problem.
But until the problems that caused the original stocks to disappear are addressed , I cant get too excited.
They've got to keep the otters alive somehow.
Yes I have read that myself.
You could say its an admission by the EA , that there is a problem.
But until the problems that caused the original stocks to disappear are addressed , I cant get too excited.
Hate to bring politics and the referendum into this, but given that the UK is currently failing to meet the EU directives on water quality and conservation, I wonder what the impact of an 'out' vote would be on our rivers and wildlife?
Dave
Hate to bring politics and the referendum into this, but given that the UK is currently failing to meet the EU directives on water quality and conservation, I wonder what the impact of an 'out' vote would be on our rivers and wildlife?
Dave
Hate to bring politics and the referendum into this, but given that the UK is currently failing to meet the EU directives on water quality and conservation, I wonder what the impact of an 'out' vote would be on our rivers and wildlife?
Dave
In or out of EU , the question of the day for many..
Well , would Otters have been reintroduced if we had not been in the EU ?
Probably not IMO , considering most of the funding came from the EU.
Would things improve for Angling if we came out of the EU ? Again , probably not , as already mentioned we have failed miserably to meet EU Water quality directives..
I seriously worry about the affect Fracking will have if it goes ahead , considering many water ways are linked to underground Aqua springs etc..
I have said this many times before in previous posts , Profit is the biggest threat to all of us .
Various corporations have a policy of Profit before the Environment and I cant see that changing any time soon , in or out of the EU.
The only deal Cameron was ever interested in was simply keeping London's Banking Taxes low and exempt from EU banking tax harmonisation..
The EA had better start breeding more fish , because I reckon our Rivers will need them..
Joe, I love your excellent and well informed posts, they are a tonic. However, do you not think that quoting the oft published official figures of the total numbers of otters released is a bit naive?
Are you absolutely certain that there were not numbers of well meaning do gooders (similar to those who released all those mink into our environment way back when) who were raising and releasing otters that were not admitted to, blind eye turned and all that? There has always been a fine line between enthusiasm and fanaticism as you know. There are an awful lot of folk out there who are chaining themselves to railings one week, getting onto whatever other 'cause' appeals to them next week...and joining PETA the one after. There isn't a lot some of these guys won't do, so long as it appeals to THEIR sense of right. It would be a brave man who would dare stand up and claim, hand on heart, that the official figures were correct. If they did prove to be so, it would probably be the first ever set of officially released statistics that WERE accurate
Also, do the figures include the unknown numbers of otters that were taken in due to injuries caused by resident adults, road traffic accidents or whatever, and nursed back to health and released/re-released? These are casualties that would have always occurred, but such animals were never before 'hospitalised'. In the natural way of things, they would have died. There are rumours that suggest that some, if not all of the above may well still be going on. If true, what price the published figures then?
Who knows Joe? I certainly don't. What I do know is that there are numerous accounts, videos etc. of otters doing some very un-otter like things, and displaying no fear of humans at all. If the last of the cage reared otters were released as far back as stated, then those animals should be dead by now...so why are these things still being seen?
As you said, it is highly likely that none of these releases were necessary anyway, the recolonization would have occurred naturally with the banning of the harmful chemicals. Which makes it even more of a folly, because then guys like me would have had far less reason to complain
Just my thoughts Joe, probably none of it provable....although the fact that the otter release 'thing' was just another case of pointless meddling by misguided mankind is pretty much a given
Cheers, Dave.
Hi Joe,
It's a great shame that Blair's government ever was....end of.
I am embarrassed to admit that I voted for the guy, and thought for quite some time that he was doing well. Just shows what a pillock I can be at times
Cheers, Dave.
I never voted for him, but I was pleased that Labour won the 1997 Election. He did do some decent things (I reminded of that every time I take my daughter to Manchester Children's Hospital), but then the Messiah Complex kicked-in and he lost the plot. I think the American's have it right by not allowing any President to serve more then two years.
Cheers,
Joe