Fisheries officers from the Environment Agency will be destocking a lake of its fish in Bradford Moor Park on Thursday and moving them to new homes.
The ornamental lake holds thousands of roach which will be removed to local waters for Bradford Council.
The destocking is taking place to prevent fish dying from low oxygen levels in the pond. Last summer the oxygen levels in the lake fell because of the warm weather conditions, and the Environment Agency is working to prevent further falls in the fish population.
The best solution to safeguard the fish and give them the greatest chance of survival was to move the fish to new homes in the area. Some of the fish will be rehomed in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Shipley.
Environment Agency fisheries officer Pete Turner said: “The park lake has little suitable habitat for the fish with no cover for them to hide in or spawn. We are moving the fish into other local waters which will be more beneficial to the health of the fish and prevent deaths in the future.â€
Schoolchildren from Killinghall Primary School, Bradford will also be at the destocking to find our more about the Environment Agency and its fisheries work.
