Cormorants wiping out fish. HELP

[craggrat 0]

My friend has sunk his life savings into a old quarry full of ponds, but the cormorants are taking all his stock fish. I'm not a fisherman but I feel sorry for this guy. My suggestion is shooting them. Anyone out there know of any other ideas. As he's near a reserve with twichers. And might get reported.

Seen the metal cages you can put into pond to protect fish and damage the diving blackens. But I want to see carcasses dead uns?

Any methods or ideas

Cheers

Craggrat

[paulus 26]

you can get a license to cull them if there threatening your livelyhood

[mackem 26,225]

I have had a number of cormorants in salmon-nets,I once actually saw a bird land on the water,dive under and I just knew within a few minutes the floats would be bobbing,I said to my mate "Thats going to hit"sure enough it meshed itself,there are massive numbers of them decimating fisheries inland,apply for a licence as you can shoot a limited number,failing that out of sight out of mind.

http://www.environment-agency.co.uk/business/sectors/32665.aspx

[craggrat 0]

Paulus don't think he'd get a license off defra, because there's a reserve next to the ponds,

 

Mackem, you've got me thinking about using my longnet, not for rabbiting.

Cheers

Craggrat

[mackem 26,225]

Mackem, you've got me thinking about using my longnet

Mine were always accidental catches mate,if they were alive I released them,but mostly they were drowned,I dont think a long-net has the depth,apply for the licence anyway mate,its his livelihood thats at stake,the worst that can happen is they say NO in which case a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.............

[Ossie n Arch 1,682]

Shoot the fu*kers, and as many as he can. I know lots of lads who have scared Cormorants off with a shotgun........................

 

It's a strange one this, because before you could get a license to cull the Cormorants, the owner of the fishery would just have to stand there and watch his livelihood disappear before his eyes, and they are only inland because there's no fish in the Sea any more, or is it just easier fishing for them ??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nah, just shoot um.

[craggrat 0]

They eat over 1lb of fish a day. His stock fish cost £5.00 each. So they eat £10-15 a day. That's a lotta money over a year.

[paulus 26]

They eat over 1lb of fish a day. His stock fish cost £5.00 each. So they eat £10-15 a day. That's a lotta money over a year.

they use inflatable giant men and orange flashing lights on the lakes near me

[mackem 26,225]

They eat over 1lb of fish a day

Thats what a single cormorant eats in a day mate,how many birds visit the ponds?Dependant upon pond-size cant you put netting over as a protective roof?

[johnny boy68 11,726]

If it ain't the cormoRANTS its the immigRANTS !!

[paulus 26]

If it ain't the cormoRANTS its the immigRANTS !!

If it ain't the cormoRANTS its the immigRANTS !!

stop RANTing

[craggrat 0]

Mackem

That's a good idea but the ponds 200mtrs x 50mtrs. He hasn't got the funds.

Cheers

[paulus 26]

Mackem

That's a good idea but the ponds 200mtrs x 50mtrs. He hasn't got the funds.

Cheers

believe me the orange flashing lights work and are not hard to find

for free

[johnny boy68 11,726]

If it ain't the cormoRANTS its the immigRANTS !!

If it ain't the cormoRANTS its the immigRANTS !!

stop RANTing

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Buy a floatation suit and make a scarecrow type thingy.