A couple of comments about this thread: 1) Themistocles mentions that 'catfish' is '*tigur' *in Konkani. Catfish is usually called *'sangott'. *I'm not sure what *tigur* (or* thigur* as we pronounce it in North Goa) is called in English although it might well may be a variety of catfish. Wonder whether someone can clarify.
2) Joao Cota blames (among others) anglers for fish depletion.An angler is defined as a person who fishes with a rod and line. I doubt whether the volume of fish caught by anglers can cause fish to be seriously depleted. What is more likely is that over-fishing may be be caused by the nets used in ponds and '*manos*'es (sluice gates) which are commercially auctioned off to the highest bidder. Augusto On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Joao Paulo Cota <joao_c...@hotmail.com> wrote: > This unfortunate situation in Goa is not just caused by pollution but also > due to overfishing and lack of fishing laws. Anglers catch tiny young > fish... > ------------------------------ > *From:* goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com <goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com> > on behalf of Eric Pinto <eric...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 13 August 2018 05:22 > *To:* Goa Book Club > *Cc:* Goanet > *Subject:* Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt > fish’s olfactory skills, study finds. > > Yes. Our water bodies including rivers have become highly polluted. Many > anglers complain that what they once caught is not available anymore. > > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 23:27 Themistocles D'Silva, <themisdsi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Recently, there has been lots of publicity on fish treated with > formaldehyde. > > There are also other fishy stories. 1. Fresh water fish in local ponds > have disappeared because the catfish *(tigur*) have been eating them. So > people stopped eating *tigur* !!! Nothing can be further than truth. > > > --- > >