SAVE THE FISH

[me]

With chase water resor nearly empty with carp, roach, pike, bream ect still in there dying through lack of oxygen and water we are running out of time to try and save them. We need YOUR help and BEG you all to sign this petition and get your freinds, grannies, family to sign it http://www.gopetition.com/online/35001.html

[Simple]

I went to sign up and it said I already Signed

[me]

its the same petition i have up on md's. Get gem, you mom, dad, cat, spucey, every on in ians tackle to sign it. Every day youi go up there, there are loads (and i mean loads 50 plus ) dead fish dying every day and these aint tiddlers either. Theres roach any one would be proud to catch lying there dead because no one cares.

[Simple]

I cant believe someone is not getting them out.
Too much like hard work or do you need some kind of permission to take them from there are and put them in to where the water is draining too.

I know a lady that works there and she said the amount of people up there daily is staggering.

Is it all soft mud or can you walk right out safely ?

[me]

Si the mud is like quick sand in places. For any one to move the fish they need permission of the EA. People are getting the stranded fish out and putting them in the canal illegally and the people face prosecution if caught by at the end of the day its worth it to say a 1 or 2 lb roach or double figure carp or pike. ive seen eels well up to near double figure lb DEAD and carp roach and bream that i would dream of catching DEAD. P1sses you off ad LDC are just leaving them to die

[me]

here is a link to the local news paper who have done a small report on the fish dieing

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...-dying-fish/

[Simple]

Link not find mate

[me]

Thanks Si for letting me know the link doesn't work. ive copied the news paper report


Fears over dying fish

Tuesday 13th April 2010, 11:30AM BST.

Thousands of fish are dying unnecessarily at Chasewater because of a botched rescue operation, according to angry anglers.

Lichfield District Council is draining the reservoir to allow vital safety work on the dam to be carried out, and scores of fish were due to be re-homed as part of the process. Bosses enlisted British Waterways to relocate the animals to other sites across the West Midlands, and many were moved last month.

But as the draining operation nears completion, local anglers claim thousands of fish have been left behind.

They have expressed concern that many of the remaining pike, bream, roach and carp will perish in the shallow water.

Lichfield businessman and keen fisherman Terry Turner is a member of the board of the Angling Trust.

He said he had visited the reservoir last weekend and had been alarmed at what he had seen.

“I had quite a few reports of fish dying in there so I went to see for myself,” he explained.

“I saw around 50 dead fish. The reason they are dying is lack of oxygen.

“There’s thousands of pounds’ worth of fish in there and they are all going to die.

“They should all have been moved months ago.”

“To me, this is absolutely disgraceful. It’s terrible.”

Around a billion gallons of water has been drained from the reservoir as part of a £2.5 million project to repair the crumbling Chasewater dam.

Bosses expect to begin refilling in September, but it could take up to four years for levels to return to normal.

The fish that have been moved will not be returned, with the reservoir instead allowed to restock naturally.

No-one was available from Lichfield District Council for comment.