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http://www.change.org/petitions/the-scottish-government-to-reverse-the-decision-by-the-salmon-net-fishing-association-of-scotland-snfas-to-resume-net-fishing-in-the-spring-after-a-14-year-voluntary-cessation

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[skunkhead 20]

yer would think that this would protect the fish but my personal opinion is that it dont,we had a fish kill ban imposed here in england to me thats done sweet f/a spring fish are still present in many rivers ok maybe not the numbers that they were in time gone by,but we still do get em,we even had bans on fishing in certain tidal waters to help protect the salmon in certain circumstances again its done nothing in my opinion i see spring fish every year on my local river the TEES and TYNE (NORTHUMBRIAN) I never see them on the river WEAR only ever seen 2 spring fish in 34 years when i say spring i mean february and march fish seen a few in april and may but its still really early=this can br confirmed with E/A fish counts from counters on the said rivers,ok they will be more as the counter only counts certain % of fish anyway,but the wear aint no spring fish river never has been never will be same as another local river to me the yorks esk,the stocks dwindled dramiticly,but on the other hand the River Humber and its tributaries and they is many of them cant remember all the names but this system is getting more and more salmon every year,the ouse/u r e my local trib of the humber is getting cleaner from industrial polution etc.....but a trib the river swale dont do to good for migrants,where as the wharfe is starting to same as the don etc.... so its swings and roundabouts,but yer also gota consider whats happening to the river natural strain of salmon and even sea trout,the wear is looseing its sea trout stock to salmon hatchery salmon and the salmon look different from the native wear fish which are long torpedo type fish and thes enew fish seem more like a x between tyne and tees salmon very short high backed thick set fish,the sea trout that are still in the wear and they is still many of them are long fish and can achieve a massive size on the wear fish over 15lbs are very common,the tee suffers seal predatation on a conservation area and the tees barrage aint exactly passable all the time so the fish get hammered by seals,the tees was grosly polluted to death back in the 80s and beyond to the degree that if yer fell in the water it was very wise to go to hospital! yer can you tube it and see what it was like in the 70s oily as hell pure black gunk for water but still the eels and flatties managed to migrate the river,as well as the very rare odd salmon which rarely got seen migrating over weirs and obstacles on its journey up river then ICI chemicals and other started to close then the tees had a barrage built then the fish started to come actually the came well beofre that,ive had many spring fish from the tees as far back as 1983 may the 24th to be procise 23lb fish after ten mins of fishing,then the next year had 12 one day in february every year they were caught but rarely publisised as the locals didnt want it being hammered back then the river Tyne were nt the river it was now

when the tyne started to come into its own i remember seeining many spring fish being caught at wylam pool first freshwater pool on the tyne,i seen 20 odd fish caught in the first weeks of february well seen about 20 fish caught in one day in the first day or tow of opening season cant remember the year,also the river coquet me freind had first fish of the season once and according to custom presented the fish to the duke of northumberland as the first fish of the seaon and got in return as always some fishing on the coquet and tyne from i think the northumbria anglers federation,that was 1982-83 then all of a sudden the tees spring fish stopped or slowed down,when the barrage was opened,tyne fish are still very present in ok number ignore counter figuers,coquet well dont keep intouch with anyone from up that neck of the woods anymore and its a close nit fishing comunity,so poor water managemeant,impassable or poor designed fish passes,seal predatation,and of course global warming as well as pollution are all contributing factors to why the demise of the springer is fact,poaching plays no part as poachers are warm weather men never have a seen a poacher with a net or a rod for that matter out before april on the wear seen one or two on the tyne but very rarely.

 

now take the yorkshire esk for example they will be shed loads of fish around the esturay and arounfd the piers of this 30 mile or so stream ! well it is a river but might as well be the local beck,the river has loads of fish this time of the year hanging around but yer never ever see a spring fish in the yorks Esk and if they were there they would be very easy to see but outside the piers in to the sea they are there in great numbers but these fish well some of em aint even bound for this side of the country or indeed this country,fish have been caught that have been tagged when smolts from as far as scandinavia,spain,france and sea trout from holland so by takeing off the nets would it really do any good as we have had a dramatic decrease in netting off the coast for many years now and it aint done nothing in my opinion i dont see more spring fish comeing back,we see many rivers being populated with fish that were once devoid of fish but not neccerseraliy spring fish very late spring fish or yer might wanna call em realy early summer fish whatever but the fact is takeing off nets dont always make it work