The Gaurdian - Sewage Sleuths
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Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers
A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will anything be done?
The full article can br found athe the link below:
Sparsholt College - Coarse Fish Meeting
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Coarse Fish Meeting.
A meeting for all those involved in coarse fish farming and the fisheries sector being held at Sparsholt College on Thursday 1st September 2022
Conference only - £55 per person
Accommodation on bed & breakfast basis for Wednesday 31st August only - £68.15 per room ( 16 rooms available to book)
The link to the booking page is below:
https://capitasparsholt.configio.com/pd/4325?code=NUUskYTa9V
Freshwater Biological Association
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Freshwater Biology and Ecology Handbook
The unique scientific and charitable roles of the FWR/IES and FBA have enabled this book to be written in partnership with freshwater biology and water management experts and allow for it to be published free of charge and for public good, for use by the public, experts and regulators. The book provides a core training and reference text for water professionals, ecologists, students and citizen scientists alike, and can therefore make a significant contribution to the protection and improvement of freshwater rivers and lakes.
https://www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/2h1l27cz0t4ufl2kestwdw6ddmgp96
Naylors Ditch
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Naylors Ditch, Swallowfield - Fish rescue
A few days ago the Environment Agency rescued around 400 fish from what is little more than a muddy ditch in Swallowfield. It became apparent that a number of fish were trapped in 3 small pools of water in the ditch around 300metres from its confluence with the River Blackwater, with no way of returning and reaching saftey due to the drying out of a culvert. The pools which were less than 15cm deep 2-3 metres long and 1metre wide, were steadly drying out in the hot weather and indeed only 4 days after the rescue had been reduced to little more than wet mud.The fish were caught by hand netting and electrofishing and transferred to a nearby stretch of the River Blackwater. This ditch, which would not normally deserve more than a cursary glance, has demonstrated the value of some of these small watercourses in providing a nursery site for some of the young fish to be found in the catchment. The catch also shows the range of species present, and perhaps gives a clue as to the relative abundance, at least for some of the species.
It may be worth keeping an eye on any small streams and ditches in your locality.
Aproximate numbers and sizes of the fish moved were:-
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Chub
>100
30-200mm
Dace
10
100-150mm
Minnows
>200
20-50mm
Roach
5
70-80mm
Bream
5
50-80mm
Bleak
5
80-100mm
Tench
1
80mm
Gudgeon
20
60-100mm
Stone Loach
10
60-100mm
Perch
3
50-90mm
Sticklebacks
10
20-30mm
Pennywort Post - July 2022
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Pennywort Update - July 2022
The latest edition of the Pennywort Post from LFCC chairman Martin Moore with an update on the current situation on Floating Pennywort.around the Yately area.
https://lfcc.org.uk/downloads/category/2-other-lfcc-documents?download=229:pennywort-post-july-2022
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