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Decline of the Burbot


Chris Plumb

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I did have a Google, but didn't find anything. But it wasn't really a serious proposition, if only because there are an awful lot of pre-glaciation species we could justify reintroducing to England on that basis.

 

It may be necessary, if we get significant warming and wish to mitigate the effect on biodiversity, to introduce some species to places they are not currently native as their current range and their tolerable range shift relative to each other.

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I did have a Google, but didn't find anything. But it wasn't really a serious proposition, if only because there are an awful lot of pre-glaciation species we could justify reintroducing to England on that basis.

 

It may be necessary, if we get significant warming and wish to mitigate the effect on biodiversity, to introduce some species to places they are not currently native as their current range and their tolerable range shift relative to each other.

 

Few hyaenas would jazz up Derbyshire that's for sure, I imagine there are a few tango hippos already in Essez.

Translocation has been done as a conservation tool, on a smaller scale with char and whitefish, but it's something that should only be done as a last resort and where as much care as possible has been taken to ensure that there'll be no consequences to other vulnerable species.

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Didn't someone on here once admit to having caught a three bearded rockling, snipping off a couple of barbules, inserting a hook attached to a length of line and a float and dropping it into a local freshwater to be found.

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Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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True, I think we're screwed either way, may as well go fishing.

 

Never mind mate, we've always got carp as compensation. They won't die out anytime soon, (mores the pity).

 

John.

Angling is more than just catching fish, if it wasn't it would just be called 'catching'......... John

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Interesting article from five years back. No doubt the EA only leapt into action because they were thinking that the mystery fish were Channa argus.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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