Post by tuniwes on Nov 5, 2010 22:49:19 GMT
I attended a local fisheries group meeting at the EA yesterday where Dr Grahame Harris gave a presentation about the Celtic Sea Trout project.
The project is backed by 2 million pounds of European funding and will examine the genetics of sea trout from 80 rivers on the west coast of Wales and the East coast of Ireland over the next two years.
It is hoped that the project will deliver a better understanding about the migration routes of sea trout and potentially enable the creation of "marine nature reserves" to protect the fish from over exploitation from commercial fisheries.
I found it interesting that even experts of Dr Harris's experience currently do not have a clue where sea trout feed after leaving the estuary or why there has been such a dramatic fall in numbers over recent years.
Hopefully the research will unravel some of these mysteries, but there must be follow on legislation to create marine conservation areas to protect the fish on their migration routes.
Ian
The project is backed by 2 million pounds of European funding and will examine the genetics of sea trout from 80 rivers on the west coast of Wales and the East coast of Ireland over the next two years.
It is hoped that the project will deliver a better understanding about the migration routes of sea trout and potentially enable the creation of "marine nature reserves" to protect the fish from over exploitation from commercial fisheries.
I found it interesting that even experts of Dr Harris's experience currently do not have a clue where sea trout feed after leaving the estuary or why there has been such a dramatic fall in numbers over recent years.
Hopefully the research will unravel some of these mysteries, but there must be follow on legislation to create marine conservation areas to protect the fish on their migration routes.
Ian