"Cormorants eat fish" says MP

[el pescador]

If there is anyone out there (old enough)who can remember Tom williams the bailiff for Longford and Trafalgat estates on the Hampshire Avon.when i used to fish his water he used to give em the double barrell " bang" and say those gits aint eating my trout " bang bang"

[RUDD]

Maybe we could claim that predatory fish such as pike and perch are a threatened species due to the black death eating all of their natural diet.

This could backfire on angling if the fish are given a protected status.

[John S]

The Diamond Geezer:

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Originally posted by John S:

Diamond Geezer, could you please refrain from cussing Don't forget, these forums are read by youngsters too. Thank you

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OK, but only if you'll stop Eating cage birds and missing out commas. What kind of example does that set to youngsters reading this forum

[wunnus]

I thought that the main way to protect fish from the black dive bombers was to put fish sanctuaries in the water. I think that these might just be concete construction pipes so that the fish can hide away from the eyes above. This suits me in the rivers because I will then know where the fish are!

[Bruno Broughton]

Anyone interested in this topic will find a lot of factual information on this website (which we have only just put together):

 

www.cormorants.info

 

You could also take a look at cormorant information at

 

http://web.tiscali.it/sv2001/

 

[ 17. May 2003, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: Bruno Broughton ]

[davidP]

Bruno Broughton:

Anyone interested in this topic will find a lot of factual information on this website (which we have only just put together):

 

www.cormorants.info

Good one Bruno. Did it get a press release on launch so that it gets some publicity in the right places??

[Peter Sharpe]

I wish somebody would put an end to this nonsense that a cormorant eats about a pound of fish a day. I've seen one eat more than that in three dives, and one on the Trent made repeated attempts to swallow a chub,barbel or possibly a pike, that was at least two pounds. It brought it to the surface, found it was almost too big to lift into the swallowing position, so it dropped it, then dived down to pick it up again. It repeated this several times before it gave up. The fish would have been dead or severely mutilated by then of course.

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by Peter Sharpe:

I wish somebody would put an end to this nonsense that a cormorant eats about a pound of fish a day. I've seen one eat more than that in three dives, and one on the Trent made repeated attempts to swallow a chub,barbel or possibly a pike, that was at least two pounds. It brought it to the surface, found it was almost too big to lift into the swallowing position, so it dropped it, then dived down to pick it up again. It repeated this several times before it gave up. The fish would have been dead or severely mutilated by then of course.

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Peter,

Absolutely right!

For more info have a look at

CormorantBusters

 

[ 18. May 2003, 10:00 AM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[Peter Sharpe]

Just to show how these things are prioritised, one of our local councils is planning a cull of Canada Geese because they are crapping on the picnic areas.

Perhaps somebody will have to try to prove that these inland interlopers are cross breeding with the native, coastal variety. Presumably the RSPB would then be demanding a mass cull.

[Jim Roper]

A chap, who I know, was given a license to shoot cormorants with conditions that he shoots no more than 2 in any month and no more than 5 in any year!

 

One, that I shot at, burped up a carp of over a pound in order to take off.