Originally Posted by
gkieser
Reading the latest Blog Entry from Gink and Gasoline it hit me how to save trout/bass in SA.
Allow Cape Nature to tax us on tackle bought. If 10% of our purchases on fly gear went to a nature conservation body in order for it to improve habitats on trout, bass and indigenous fish rivers, it might just save the whole situation. Why not get the trout and bass fishermen to fund the rehabilitation of indigenous environments, and in order for that to be a constant flow of money to be pumped into those environments, bass and fly tackle has to be sold, and in order for it to be sold, the bass and trout fisheries need to remain so that people can use it.
This would probably be the best way to do something serious about our indigenous fish and ensure that the bass and trout industries are not left stranded.
Any thoughts?
Couple of things to consider:
1. Bass, trout and indigenous fish typically share the same rivers so in essence we would be funding Cape Nature to Rotenone our rivers and get rid of the species we all like to fish for.
2. Cape Nature has no shortage of money to poison rivers. They do however seem to have a lack of funds (and interest) when it comes to protecting them from pollution, water abstraction, introduction of invasive species from inter-basin transfers, introduction of invasive species like sharptooth catfish from pet shops and poaching amongst other things.
3. They have not demonstrated best scientific practice (according to their own EIA) in the rivers that they have already treated.
4. Since when did biodiversity apply only to fish?
5. They have not demonstrated good financial management so why should we give them more money?
6. The second Rondegat treatment killed hundreds of indigenous fish and not a single bass. Justified?
so in short, I think it's a bad idea ;-)
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