For the Eelies amongst us

[Leon Roskilly]

http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opbook....jsp?id=ns23601

 

Tight Lines - leon

[Chris Plumb]

Tom Fort is a regular in Waterlog - a fine author.

 

Chris

[Gray-Catchpole]

sorry to detract from the thread, but, chris do you know when the next Waterlog is due, havnt had one for a while.

[Chris Plumb]

End of the month, 28th I think - but it's ALWAYS late

 

Chris

 

(Off fishin' - hence up at this time!!!)

[Gray-Catchpole]

get on msn then chris, im up for a bit.

[Gray-Catchpole]

ahh oops, misinterp, i thought you meant off fishing, as in naa cant be bothered, but you meant off fishing, ya lucky bugger, im off, as in actaully going to chippenham on monday, mainly work but ive wangled it to do two days fishing, one day on the avon, and one day on a still water i havnt heard of, smelly nets mate.

[tony jolley]

Thanks leon,

Strange how they dont mention the thought that over fishing by nets men is a contributary fact to the fall in eel captures,

 

Quote,

But this book is also a lament for a vanishing way of life. The commercial eel fisheries in Europe and North America, and the livelihoods they provide, are disappearing. For a host of possible reasons - pollution, habitat destruction, disease or changes in the deep ocean currents - catches are falling. The eel itself will probably survive but ancient knowledge of how to outwit this secretive creature is all but lost.

 

Environment officer for the National Anguilla Club,

 

[ 14. September 2002, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: tony jolley ]