still water barbel - depressing news.

[Guest FishinMad2001]

Just thought id bring this to the ton! It was bugging me just sitting on 99 like that!

[Guest brummie]

Nicky I have finaly tracked you down. Send me an answer and we can talk, my e-mail is brummie@tinyworld.co.uk. What are you doing on this Barbel thread?? You going soft in your old age. I am working nights till Wed.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Eric T

[Guest tony jolley]

Brummie

Us eelers are Doing the "eel societies" thread.

See you there soon.

But its still nice to see what the Barbel guys and girls are up to!.

 

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Tony B.T Jolley

[Guest Alan Pearce]

So what is the latest update from the Barbel Society on this issue? Do they or do they not support the stocking of barbel into still waters, have their opinions changed or are they going to try and brush this one under the carpet under the guise of research?

 

And what of the bigger barbel RMC would also like to introduce, the ones that supposedly can't cope with flowing water.

 

On a more positive note I'm glad to here that RMC are doing something to encourage anglers to the rivers.

 

Alan.

[Guest Ian Welch]

Originally posted by Alan Pearce:

And what of the bigger barbel RMC would also like to introduce, the ones that supposedly can't cope with flowing water.

 

Those were hypothetical barbel Alan !

[Guest uk_lurcher]

Is that a sub-species?

 

UKL

[Guest pete falloon]

Yes, but not a subspecies of the barbus.

 

In fact a strain of wild carp with small dorsals and four barbels.

[Guest Alan Pearce]

Originally posted by Ian Welch:

As most of you know I am a fishery biologist by training and I am happy to be involved in research in this area. The data from our Burghfield fish will be fully available to the BS, EA or any other interested party.

 

This topic has aroused a passionate response from a couple of posters here and there is nothing wrong with that; I too am passionate about my sport. But to criticise without sufficient facts to support a case is wrong, we do not yet know enough about the subject to fully judge either way.

 

If the evidence shows that my young stillwater barbel do not do flourish in their new environment I will be the first to stop stocking the species into stillwater, to discourage those anglers who wish us to introduce them and to use the influence I have within the commercial coarse fishery sector to persuade others to do likewise.

 

To change tack slightly and to introduce a different dimension to the argument I have recently been offered a small number of larger barbel, 4 -7lb, to introduce to a stillwater.

 

These barbel were bred in captivity by a highly respected source and they have spent all of their lives in ponds and have been used as broodstock for the spawning of countless millions of young barbel.

 

These barbel have never seen a river in their lives and are no longer required for breeding purposes. To introduce them to a river would almost certainly lead to their death but to introduce them to a stillwater would mean their probable survival and growth.

 

Interesting dilemma...

 

[This message has been edited by Ian Welch (edited 11 May 2001).]

 

[This message has been edited by Ian Welch (edited 11 May 2001).]

 

Sorry Ian but from your posting these barbel don't sound "hypothetical" to me.

 

Alan.

[Guest Graham E]

They sound hyper-critical to me!

[Guest Ian Welch]

I can assure you that these were hypothetical barbel !