Help The Recovery of the Wye Salmon

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#46 Re: Re:

2015-01-04 21:15

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 In a nut shell, some salmon would be caught up as usual, or removed from unproductive river areas by other means. Held in the empty SNR ponds until ready. Stripped on site, the fertilised eggs placed in boxes­­­­­­, then implanted into a river. If a series of holding/SNR ponds were somehow linked, by managed and pristine spawning gravel streams, other salmon could move at will from the holding/SNR pools, to spawn naturally within the protected stream areas.  The resulting alivin would then grow on in the safety of their SNR ponds, (no artificial stocking) until release back into the river. There are several upriver areas, such as below the Elan dams, where these types of ponds and streams, could be created, managed, and even part publically funded. It would of course take massif effort and will, but nowhere near as much effort, as it took us to irretrievably destroy the salmon’s environment. I must say I would have thought this sort of genetically strong project, would suit the WUF to a T.    

 

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#48 Re: Re: Re:

2015-01-04 22:00:03

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 Much of this has already been done pencil.  SNR ponds have already been used on the Wye , others were on stream, privately funded by anglers and owners. 3 years into the process  NRW pulled the plug to abide by thier new genetic viewpoint.  Personally doubt they would approve however the eggs/fry/parr were obtained, egg boxes or not.   They don't want to let us do it -it just might work when they and WUF have failed.