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From the BBC News site.

 

Tight lines

John S

Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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But trust yours truly to find some bad news in there! Eel populations are down to just 1% of historic levels, and no definitive reason as to why. There is a suggestion that it is sea conditions. Now, that is a worry. The vast majority of this world is covered by the sea, and there is something sufficiently wrong with it to cause a major drop off with a species that has be around pretty much since the year dot. We share this world. What is good for fish is good for humans. What is bad for fish is bad for humans, a logical conclusion, don't you think?

Peter

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Pleased to see that the EA have stressed the economic value of sport fishing - we certainly need to push politicians on this one.

 

Interesting that angling is thought to cut truancy - I lost count of the numbers of days I and my mate wagged off school to go fishing. Still, it did wonders for our handwriting and composition, as we used to write each other's sick notes.

 

So what do they intend to do about wild salmon stocks ? Complete ban on commercial netting? Closing down of salmon farming and the attendant blooms of fish lice ? A seal cull ? Don't hold your breath.

 

No mention of Dace in the report - it is years since I have seen a decent-sized dace, in fact it is now rare to catch any sort of dace from waters where they used to be prolific - anyone else noticed this?

 

 

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World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 .

Certhia's world species - 215

Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501

 

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No mention of Dace in the report - it is years since I have seen a decent-sized dace, in fact it is now rare to catch any sort of dace from waters where they used to be prolific - anyone else noticed this?

 

Reported to be increased shoals of Dace and Chub in the Herefordshire Wye.

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The report suggest that a slowing of the Gulf Stream is preventing the elvers getting to these shores from the breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea. This is very plausible - in fact long-predicted by those studying global warming.

 

The paradox seems to be that the Gulf Stream is a major contributor to our temperate climate (based on latitude alone, we'd have a climate similar to Newfoundland). If the elvers can't make it because of a drop in this warm current, why haven't The British Isles already cooled substantially? Perhaps their journey is ultra time-critical?

Bleeding heart liberal pinko, with bacon on top.

 

 

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Peter Waller:

But trust yours truly to find some bad news in there! Eel populations are down to just 1% of historic levels, and no definitive reason as to why.

I posted a link (again to a BBC News site) on that subject just a couple of weeks or so ago. Good for some then, but not for others....

 

Tight lines in all but 2% of our waters

John S

Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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Originally posted by Vagabond: No mention of Dace in the report - it is years since I have seen a decent-sized dace, in fact it is now rare to catch any sort of dace from waters where they used to be prolific - anyone else noticed this?
get yourself up for a fish on the Ribble Vagabond, plenty in there last year, no real biggies mind, but plenty none the less.

 

Waiting for the 16th so I can see if the comorants which were present over the winter have left any for me!

 

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