Predation Action Group

[Simon King]

Simon,
I understand your point of view, i agree with some of it, not all of it.

I just didn't get this

You (royal you) can rant....

Explain please

I meant "everyone", as in : not specifically aimed at "you" Ian.

 

[Ian Grant]

I meant "everyone", as in : not specifically aimed at "you" Ian.

Oh !....and there's me already trying to think of my title - never mind there's still the lottery tonight

 

[Mark Anderson]

Hi men ,

And "Sir Ian Grant " has such a ring to it as well , never mind .

Hatter

 

[Rhys Perry]

I think the best we can all agree on, is that they stop the release of any more otters, at least to see how things balance out.

 

[Will Smith]

I think the best we can all agree on, is that they stop the release of any more otters, at least to see how things balance out.

Spot on Swiss. The problem will be stopping the groups who have been releasing them carrying on as before. They've been getting away with it for this long and appear to have done so completely "under the radar".

 

[Nick Davidson]

Have you guys seen the article in the angling times about Vic Simpson wildlife vet who now believes that otter in the south west are at saturation point and whats to move excess otters to the south east where there not many otters , what a joke , would the farmers move livestock when there was foot and mouth!

 

[Paul Boote]

As I have long said (ad infinitum, yawn etc), the predator-bashers, whether overt or strictly at-dead-of-night and even more strictly between ourselves (nudge nudge, wink wink), really have to watch out - for, well, mere schoolkids, who are, after all, tomorrow's citizens and voters. And as for their fearsome Mums...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...Highland-estate-over-bird-of-prey-deaths.html

 

[David Hall]

i can see a rampage of mums running down the river bank after anglers, frying pan held high...not!

 

[Paul Boote]

Mums?

I draw your attention to another, very real and current backlash (I happen to know the area of old - too much like Weybridge On Sea for me, now, though - and the people concerned, though, with the way I operate, they won't remember me...) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/10199015.stm

 

[David Hall]

i was speaking metaphorically, i cannot see it raised in question time, any of this.

 

[Paul Boote]

Four words: "a p'd-off Phillipa Forrester"...........

 

[David Hall]

..that made me laugh.

 

[David Hall]

interesting article by Pete reading in Junes CAT mag about barbel, or the lack of them.

 

[Will Smith]

David, Can you give those of us who can't get hold of it the gist of the CAT article - thanks.

 

[David Hall]

he basically talks about why on some rivers barbel are in decline, he talks about otters, fry,and floods, nice article, try and look for the mag.

 

[Alex Gowney]

Its an interesting article by Pete Reading that goes along the lines of saying otters aren't the main problem. The point he makes is that a lot of barbel are coming o the end of their lives naturally and the good year classes that made up all the big fish populations are starting to die off. It could be, but it seems odd that this is happening on so many rivers simultaneously and how does that explain the drastic reduction in chub numbers on rivers like the Cherwell and Windrush? For some reason most of the top barbel rivers decline seemed to become apparent straight after the 2007 floods. There must be a link somewhere but I cannot begin to speculate what it is.