Hi Augusto, I did just generalise the word anglers as both those who fish with both rod and net. In the west, both activities slightly overlap, hence perhaps my overlook.
But you are absolutely correct in the case of Goa, the worst damage is being done by these people who catch fish with nets whose holes that are too tiny to ensure all fish sizes are caught. Still worse are these trawlers that have nets that should be classified as illegal as these quantities of fish caught is by the tonne as opposed to a few hundred kilos by the sluice guys and a few kilos (if not grammes) by the private anglers. Real anglers are the ones who can easily take the lead and show sustainable fishing by example. One cannot rely on these useless governments with corrupt ministers for whom fishstocks depletion is the last thing on their agenda. Only committed people can make such a change for a better future. Is anyone doing anything about this in Goa? Regards, JP ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of augusto pinto <[email protected]> Sent: 13 August 2018 13:33 To: [email protected] Cc: Goanet Subject: Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] Increasing levels of dissolved CO2 disrupt fish’s olfactory skills, study finds. 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Eric Pinto <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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. --- -- *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Goa Book Club" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/goa-book-club. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CABzMD-XDn3HxucRQ0DtJ69KQaBSLHx3aK%2Bk70nB_we-nYNn98A%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CABzMD-XDn3HxucRQ0DtJ69KQaBSLHx3aK%2Bk70nB_we-nYNn98A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
