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Farming carp for food is a huge business in mainland Europe, and there is now a Soil Association approved organic carp farm in Devon.

 

I don't see why carp farmed for the table should be more expensive than trout - they don't need as good water quality, and they don't need such high quality protein food.

 

Yes, I would have thought they would be the ideal species for intensive fish farming. When you consider the volume in some small commercial Carp fisheries and the fast growth rates.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Farming carp for food is a huge business in mainland Europe, and there is now a Soil Association approved organic carp farm in Devon.

 

I don't see why carp farmed for the table should be more expensive than trout - they don't need as good water quality, and they don't need such high quality protein food.

 

 

True.The way it is is simply because it isn't done on the same commercial scale as trout are or indeed carp are abroad. If you doubt me just check around a few fish farm sites and see.

 

Its much the opposite in Europe and for exactly the same reasons! Cant give carp away in France for example some years! but farmed trout are relatively expensive.Good old market forces at work.

And thats my "non indicative opinion"!

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True, all a matter of scale.

 

Mind you, I think the relative overheads for trout farming would be a fair bit higher if they were more accountable for the effect of their discharges on river water quality and the environmental impact of the production of trout pellets!

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I agree i know a polish angler who said to me that for them fishing is about catching a carp and cooking it on the bankside on the barbie. Here he said it is not allowed so he does not fish here. i think its is more than a free meal its what fishing is all about for them. maybe a put and take carp lake might work!!

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I agree i know a polish angler who said to me that for them fishing is about catching a carp and cooking it on the bankside on the barbie. Here he said it is not allowed so he does not fish here. i think its is more than a free meal its what fishing is all about for them. maybe a put and take carp lake might work!!

 

As Budgie points out though, would they be prepared to pay £5-£10 a pound for the fish though, perhaps more ? That's the sort of price range we're looking at for stocked carp. So catch yourself a 3 or 4lb carp and your bill is £40 - suddenly the appeal is I suspect very much less.

 

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Could you imagine if they did open one though? I can see it now..........Hundreds of bivvies (Greenham Common Peace Camp style) set up around the perimeter fence,Midnight vigils held outside of the gates (US capital punishment style) Hundreds of (slightly drunk on Stella) Realtree camo clad aficionados swaying side to side with their Fox Bivvy lights held up at arms length singing "Abide with me"! The mass sharp intake of breath as the sound of the first God fish being cracked on the nut! Then finally almost Pope like stood looking up into the sky for the wafting up of the smoke from the barbie....................

And thats my "non indicative opinion"!

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Could you imagine if they did open one though? I can see it now..........Hundreds of bivvies (Greenham Common Peace Camp style) set up around the perimeter fence,Midnight vigils held outside of the gates (US capital punishment style) Hundreds of (slightly drunk on Stella) Realtree camo clad aficionados swaying side to side with their Fox Bivvy lights held up at arms length singing "Abide with me"! The mass sharp intake of breath as the sound of the first God fish being cracked on the nut! Then finally almost Pope like stood looking up into the sky for the wafting up of the smoke from the barbie....................

 

I don't know about the fishing part, but I'd definitely pay to see that Budgie. :D

 

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Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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Could you imagine if they did open one though? I can see it now..........Hundreds of bivvies (Greenham Common Peace Camp style) set up around the perimeter fence,Midnight vigils held outside of the gates (US capital punishment style) Hundreds of (slightly drunk on Stella) Realtree camo clad aficionados swaying side to side with their Fox Bivvy lights held up at arms length singing "Abide with me"! The mass sharp intake of breath as the sound of the first God fish being cracked on the nut! Then finally almost Pope like stood looking up into the sky for the wafting up of the smoke from the barbie....................

 

I'd see it more like a picket line during the height of the miners strike. Cross the line and you're forever a scab, never welcome at the fishing shop or angling club again.

 

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