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perhaps the trust and their scientific survey of cormorant watch can look in detail at their results and consider the article below before continuing with their quest and campaign demanding the cormorant to be killed. Clearly there is a pattern in this birds feeding and rivers ain't one of them with over 90% of the cormorants feed coming from lakes. So the argument for lack of fish in the avon for example could be put down to a little more that the argument that a bird species is to blame. Hope the rspb have also read this article.

 

http://www.livescience.com/27497-fish-migration-escape-predators.html

 

quote: Cormorant birds (Phalacrocorax carbo) are known to prey on roach living in both lakes and streams. However, 92.5 percent of the tags retrieved from cormorant pellets came from roach that last swam in lakes specifically

 

here is the angling trust: Cormorants - Key Facts:

  • Biodiversity of our rivers and many still waters are at serious risk from excessive predation from cormorants
  • Numbers have exploded in the last two decades to unsustainable levels
  • Rivers and waterways are failing under the Water Framework Directive and of those failing over 50% do so due to poor fish stocks
  • Waters that have been heavily impacted by cormorants take years to recover under the present system - sometimes failing all together
  • Populations of indigenous species like roach on the Hampshire Avon are under serious threat of extinction
Edited by barry luxton

Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


New for 2016 TAT are the main instigators for the demise of the u k bass charter boat industry, where they went screaming off to parliament and for the first time assisting so called angling gurus set up bass take bans with the e u using rubbish exaggerated info collected by ices from anglers, they must be very proud.

Upgrade, the door has been closed with regards to anglers being linked to the e u superstate and the failed c f p. So TAT will no longer need to pay monies to the EAA anymore as that org is no longer relevant to the u k . Goodbye to the europeon anglers alliance and pathetic restrictions from the e u.

Angling is better than politics, ban politics from angling.

Consumer of bass. where is the evidence that the u k bass stock need angling trust protection. Why won't you work with your peers instead of castigating them. They have the answer.

Recipie's for mullet stew more than welcomed.

Angling sanitation trust and kent and sussex sea anglers org delete's and blocks rsa's alternative opinion on their face book site. Although they claim to rep all.

new for 2014. where is the evidence that the south coast bream stock need the angling trust? Your campaign has no evidence. Why won't you work with your peers, the inshore under tens? As opposed to alienating them? Angling trust failed big time re bait digging, even fish legal attempted to intervene and failed, all for what, nothing.

Looks like the sea angling reps have been coerced by the ifca's to compose sea angling strategy's that the ifca's at some stage will look at drafting into legislation to manage the rsa, because they like wasting tax payers money. That's without asking the rsa btw. You know who you are..

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here is an example of a safe and balanced fishery right under the nose of the very birds whom the trust claims are eating all the fish, next to one of the largest mullet stocks in the uk, Weymouth harbour, no need for the trusts bird killers to be let loose here:

 

Radipole Lake Weymouth.

The lake, within a large SSSI nature reserve is unique, being within 400 yards of both the sea and town centre.

Access is therefore easy with routes from the north via A354 from Dorchester, from the east via A353 from Wareham and B3157 from Bridport and the west. A large pay and display car park is adjacent to the water and there are many hotels and guesthouses within walking distance. Weymouth Railway Station is just a few minutes walk away.

The RSPB administer the Nature Reserve and care must be taken by anglers not to disturb the birds and wildlife of the reserve. This is vital during June when some birds may still be nesting.

The water has a restricted number of pegs and fishing must be from these areas. It is planned that further pegs be introduced in the future, dependent on funds being made available. New platforms have been installed and an angling society has now been formed to monitor fishing on the lake.

The fishing can vary, the lake is more well known for the shoals of large Roach (30+lbs), also Carp, Rudd. Perch, and Dace as well as some large Pike can also be caught and unusually for a freshwater lake, a number of soft lipped mullet enter the water from the sluices controlling the lake level from Weymouth harbour which is adjacent.

For further information on fishing and Radipole Lake visit:
www.rspb.org.uk

Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


New for 2016 TAT are the main instigators for the demise of the u k bass charter boat industry, where they went screaming off to parliament and for the first time assisting so called angling gurus set up bass take bans with the e u using rubbish exaggerated info collected by ices from anglers, they must be very proud.

Upgrade, the door has been closed with regards to anglers being linked to the e u superstate and the failed c f p. So TAT will no longer need to pay monies to the EAA anymore as that org is no longer relevant to the u k . Goodbye to the europeon anglers alliance and pathetic restrictions from the e u.

Angling is better than politics, ban politics from angling.

Consumer of bass. where is the evidence that the u k bass stock need angling trust protection. Why won't you work with your peers instead of castigating them. They have the answer.

Recipie's for mullet stew more than welcomed.

Angling sanitation trust and kent and sussex sea anglers org delete's and blocks rsa's alternative opinion on their face book site. Although they claim to rep all.

new for 2014. where is the evidence that the south coast bream stock need the angling trust? Your campaign has no evidence. Why won't you work with your peers, the inshore under tens? As opposed to alienating them? Angling trust failed big time re bait digging, even fish legal attempted to intervene and failed, all for what, nothing.

Looks like the sea angling reps have been coerced by the ifca's to compose sea angling strategy's that the ifca's at some stage will look at drafting into legislation to manage the rsa, because they like wasting tax payers money. That's without asking the rsa btw. You know who you are..

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cormorants in danger:

Avon Roach Project Latest News

 

even the bbc have an angle:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17123858

 

 

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Edited by barry luxton

Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


New for 2016 TAT are the main instigators for the demise of the u k bass charter boat industry, where they went screaming off to parliament and for the first time assisting so called angling gurus set up bass take bans with the e u using rubbish exaggerated info collected by ices from anglers, they must be very proud.

Upgrade, the door has been closed with regards to anglers being linked to the e u superstate and the failed c f p. So TAT will no longer need to pay monies to the EAA anymore as that org is no longer relevant to the u k . Goodbye to the europeon anglers alliance and pathetic restrictions from the e u.

Angling is better than politics, ban politics from angling.

Consumer of bass. where is the evidence that the u k bass stock need angling trust protection. Why won't you work with your peers instead of castigating them. They have the answer.

Recipie's for mullet stew more than welcomed.

Angling sanitation trust and kent and sussex sea anglers org delete's and blocks rsa's alternative opinion on their face book site. Although they claim to rep all.

new for 2014. where is the evidence that the south coast bream stock need the angling trust? Your campaign has no evidence. Why won't you work with your peers, the inshore under tens? As opposed to alienating them? Angling trust failed big time re bait digging, even fish legal attempted to intervene and failed, all for what, nothing.

Looks like the sea angling reps have been coerced by the ifca's to compose sea angling strategy's that the ifca's at some stage will look at drafting into legislation to manage the rsa, because they like wasting tax payers money. That's without asking the rsa btw. You know who you are..

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Barry,

 

Is there any way to tell if the tagged birds were around the lakes? If those were the birds tagged 90% might make sense.

 

I'm having a difficult time figuring out what your "AND THEREFORE" ????? should be.

 

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their survey are suggesting that over 90% of the cormorants poo contains fish that originated, (food) from the lakes and not the rivers, so they are claiming that the errrrr stupid fish migrate into the rivers where they have less than 10% chance of becoming food.

Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


New for 2016 TAT are the main instigators for the demise of the u k bass charter boat industry, where they went screaming off to parliament and for the first time assisting so called angling gurus set up bass take bans with the e u using rubbish exaggerated info collected by ices from anglers, they must be very proud.

Upgrade, the door has been closed with regards to anglers being linked to the e u superstate and the failed c f p. So TAT will no longer need to pay monies to the EAA anymore as that org is no longer relevant to the u k . Goodbye to the europeon anglers alliance and pathetic restrictions from the e u.

Angling is better than politics, ban politics from angling.

Consumer of bass. where is the evidence that the u k bass stock need angling trust protection. Why won't you work with your peers instead of castigating them. They have the answer.

Recipie's for mullet stew more than welcomed.

Angling sanitation trust and kent and sussex sea anglers org delete's and blocks rsa's alternative opinion on their face book site. Although they claim to rep all.

new for 2014. where is the evidence that the south coast bream stock need the angling trust? Your campaign has no evidence. Why won't you work with your peers, the inshore under tens? As opposed to alienating them? Angling trust failed big time re bait digging, even fish legal attempted to intervene and failed, all for what, nothing.

Looks like the sea angling reps have been coerced by the ifca's to compose sea angling strategy's that the ifca's at some stage will look at drafting into legislation to manage the rsa, because they like wasting tax payers money. That's without asking the rsa btw. You know who you are..

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