Fishermen shoot 2,000 cormorants

[Elton]

Fishermen shot more than 2,000 cormorants last year after the Government decided to sanction the killing of the so-called "crows of the sea"

 

Full article here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews...cormorants.html

[DavyR]

"The RSPB said fisheries can find ways to deter the birds by putting in place nets or scaring them off, rather than killing cormorants."

 

I've said "boo" to a goose on the odd occasion, but have never tried it with a cormorant.

[watatoad]

Only about 19,000 more to go.

 

They are seabirds so out of their natural place inland. Probably a good many otters are as well...I wonder if they have been wrongly trained by the Looney greenies to eat non natural foods. No eels equals no otters, that's nature and natural selection, a danger for all specialised feeders.

Edited November 8, 2010 by watatoad

[DavyR]

No eels equals no otters, that's nature and natural selection, a danger for all specialised feeders.

 

Eh? Otters will quite happily eat any fish - they're certainly not dependent on eels.

[watatoad]

Eh? Otters will quite happily eat any fish - they're certainly not dependent on eels.

 

Quite true but Eels are and have been a main and basic part of the otter diet like forever. Therefore if we have no Eels we should have no otters. Unless the looney greenies bred up the Eel population first which they did not thereby proving that they do not have the slightest idea what they are doing or talking about.

 

It's called natural selection and mankind is all part of it as are all the developments and adaptations he makes.

 

I say before I hear comments that it might have been the pesticides used by farmers which hurt the Eel population...maybe it was maybe it was not nobody has done any comprehensive research into the demise of the Eels...maybe the greedy bl**dy otters simply ate them all and by doing so eradicated most of their own species through greed after all is that not what the looney greenies say about mankind...whats a good trait to blame one species for is a good trait to blame another for.

 

I personally have the opinion that the majority of looney greenies know absolutely nothing about nature, biodiversity and natural selection...I however suspect that the looney greenies will turn out to be yet another offshoot part of the natural development of a species which is doomed for extinction.

Edited November 8, 2010 by watatoad

[watatoad]

Further thought...Surely the very act of breeding otters in captivity is in itself an unnatural, against nature and against basic looney greenie stated policy. I base this comment solely on [l]looney greenie[/i] comments and policy, concerning conservation and the importance of nature and natural situations.

 

Or do they just simply talk a load of c**p and lie just to suit their latest craze, brainstorm and/or agenda.

[Anderoo]

Most anglers know nothing about nature. Just because someone spends their Saturday sitting next to a pond full of fish doesn't make them an environmental scientist or zoologist.

 

Watatoad, you sound more paranoid day by day - go and have a little rest old boy

Edited November 8, 2010 by Anderoo

[watatoad]

Thanks for your concern, but I'm great.

 

My real sadness is seeing the damage done to the planet by so many looney greenies playing at Father Nature or Mother Nature or God and thinking that they know better than the rest of Humanity

 

VOTE FOR TOADY HE'S GREEN and he proscribe (BAN) the looney greenies

[Dales]

Thanks for your concern, but I'm great.

 

My real sadness is seeing the damage done to the planet by so many looney greenies playing at Father Nature or Mother Nature or God and thinking that they know better than the rest of Humanity

 

VOTE FOR TOADY HE'S GREEN and he proscribe (BAN) the looney greenies

 

 

But what about all the damage done by all the looney anglers that want to shoot everything that might some how interfere with their fishing?

[far bank stalker]

Most anglers know nothing about nature. Just because someone spends their Saturday sitting next to a pond full of fish doesn't make them an environmental scientist or zoologist.

 

Watatoad, you sound more paranoid day by day - go and have a little rest old boy

every time i catch a fish i think i've learned something. the next trip out puts paid to that! i am however amazed at the venues i quite often see people fishing on my local stretches. you can actually predict, if any, where they'll be. in the three or four stillwater basins along the flowing canal. they're much easier to fish than the moving water. it seems a strange method of fishing to just chuck stuff in and wait. it cheers me up though. all the obvious spots are generally free and under fished. my best chub yet came on the second trot

 

the one person i've met who obviously knew his stuff was a great help and led me to my new favorite beat. i'm trying to think on some kind of exchange so i can get him to teach me to cast a fly!

 

erm...on topic i saw a cormorant over the dee last week. it's about the only time i've ever seen something and genuinely hoped somebody nailed it! i'm sure i read it's something to do with marine stock levels