Not sure what to make of this noneense below from the Environment.
Surely they were aware that they should be enforcing the close season and the other regulations they burden us with. problem is do they actually have anyone to do the job
As for this it seems to me that what comes out of these monstrosities at the end of the process is just as bad as the stuff that goes into it,
https://twitter.com/SaveTheWye/status/1587028990304337920
More overnight rain will keep levels up/
Yesterday I mentioned a Guardian newspaper article te Environment subsidies. See below.
Severn salmon spectacle;What next I wonder?????https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/22/lab-grown-fish-cell-seafood-bluenalu-wildtype
Good slug of water coming down now and still rising after heavy overnight rain. Just what he river really needed. No problem for running fish if they have the strength left\!!
Just when you thought it couldn't get an worse news in today's Guardian suggest that 'farm nature payments' may be scrapped. These were intended in lieu of the EU susbsidies.
An analysis reports that this may increased river pollution in the UK by 20% if these subsides for protecting the environment are removed. In today's mess does anything surprise you any more.
More water overnight with the river having risen providing good running water for what fish are left.
Further rain in the outcome so hopefull fish will get well upriver.. Still no final salmon toital from WUF.
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I see the Tay are reporting a good uplift in catches this season with possibly over 5,500 captures Seems that Doctor David Dumnmers wants to take much of the credit. Remember him. Years ago came to advise the WUF as to a way forward on the Wye. Told them habitat improvement was the best way forward not a hatchery. He then went on some time later to run the Tay Hatchery. As for the 5,500 captures this figure wouldn't get a mention in the hey day of the Wye catches..
Some good signs on the Severn too with the leaping salmon at Shrewsbury weir drawing many onlookers and photographers
More sad news I heard yesterday was the passing of Ray Dobbins from Rhayader,one of the band of bailiffs led by Cliff Lloyd who patrolled the upper river beats and did a good job for the river. Ray had not an easy job in Rhayader especially at spawning time when poaching was rife. I often went with them on anti poaching patrols and they did a good job. Where are their like now ??
Many of you I suspect saw the programe on TV last night regarding the latest investigation into the pollution of the Wye. What a damning indictment it was of the Welsh Government and NRW seemingly unable or unwilling to grasp the seriousness of the situation, exemplified by the interview with Lesley Griffiths which was a complete shambles with no answers whatsoever. She was always present for many years with WUF under the previous management. She needs tolet someone more capable do the job Not to mention the horrendous images inside the chicken sheds with the birds packed in like sardines and the processing of hundreds of dead birds carcases for consumption.
Some more water around now which should hopefully get fish moving to where they want to be, at last .
See below; Quite a long read but interesting if not somewaht depressing. More talk about the problems but ACTION????
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63285821
Just when you thought you had seen it all. Sounds pretty disgusting though I have seen fishless 'fish' fillets in the local Co-Op. With no fish in it how can it be called and advertised as a fish fillet.???
Some sad news today. Some of you may already know but I only found out today that Caradoc Fishery Owner and WUF trustee Major Patrick Darling passed away last week. Our sincere condolences go out to his family at this sad time.
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Good Morning,
Please see below an update from the Environment Agency regarding
the River Wye and water quality.
Monitoring Sondes
Yesterday we started to remove
the 11 sondes that are deployed across the Wye, Arrow, and Lugg catchments to
provide continuous water quality monitoring data.
This is so the sondes do not
become damaged during higher flows as river levels begin to rise over the
coming months due to increased rainfall.
This means that our continuous
water quality monitoring will stop, and live data will no longer be available.
We are please to have secured funding to redeploy the sondes next
year and will communicate when we are able to do this.
Quarterly Reports
In
January 2022 we published our first River Wye Management Catchment Integrated
Data Analysis Report, and have published subsequent reports every three months
since. The aim of the reports are to bring data from citizen scientists,
monitoring sondes and autosamplers together with existing datasets to
contribute to a shared understanding and ownership among stakeholders of the
issues and actions required.
The
reports have been vital in kick-starting actions into motion and we thank those
who have read, shared, and provided feedback on the reports.
At
the June Nutrient Management Board meeting it was agreed that there will be
sub-groups of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to progress key themes of the
Phosphate Action Plan and work collectively with partners and experts to
resolve gaps and take opportunities identified.
It
is expected that this concerted collective effort will see more progress than
previous approaches. The TAG ‘evidence sub-group’ is key for everyone's
understanding of the possible solutions and their timeliness and effectiveness.
We look forward to working with partners in these sub-groups. The Environment
Agency is chairing the evidence sub group.
As
a result, we are now moving to focus more resources on the evidence sub-group
to continue improving collaboration so we will be publishing our integrated
data analysis reports every six months instead of three months, with the next
report due in the new year.
We
have received positive feedback on the value of our Integrated Data Analysis
Reports, and are pleased to hear they have been useful for everyone's common
understanding of the problems and what the data is showing us. We will continue
to complete the reports, improve them, include more data where appropriate and
feed them into the collaborative work in the catchment.
Citizen Space Webpage
We have updated our dedicated Citizen Space webpage reflecting the latest
information detailed above.
Please share this email with your contacts and signpost people to
our webpage. We aim to improve the content of our information overtime and
welcome your feedback.
Kind regards
Nathan
Nathan
Harrison | Engagement Specialist –
River Wye Water Quality | West Midlands
Environment Agency | Sentinel House, 9 Wellington Crescent, Lichfield, WS13 8RR
For further information please
contact the Customers & Engagement Team:
Tel: 02030 251583 | Email: engagement_westmids@environment-agency.gov.uk
