Interesting, Trevor, thanks for that info. I would have thought the river was a tad too polluted to eat the fish so it's good to know that's not the case.
On Sep 1, 11:57 am, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Alan & Aparna > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > We often see people taking rods down to the river and fishing - close > > to the River Club. We also see signs indicating that fishing in the > > river is prohibited. > > I must say that I have never seen a no fishing sign where exactly is it. I > would like to check it out > > > What's the story? Are people allowed to fish? If not, why not? And, > > if there's a good reason why they shouldn't, what can be done about it? > > If fishing is prohibited and I can;t understand why, then it is not from a > conservation point of view as the only fish taken are barbel and sometimes > carp. It would probably be good to eliminate those species from the river to > allow the indiginous fish a chance to recover. > > As a member of the Friends of the Liesbeek and Two Rivers Urban Park > committees I can see no problem to fishing and both those organisations are > pleased to see people making use of the park and the river. The Friends work > closely with Nature Conservation and I will make some enquiries as to the > fishing situation. > > But presently unless the fisher man are engaging in antisocial behaviour or > are littering or creating a disturbance I can't see why any thing needs to > be done. > > Law enforcement has bigger fish to fry (sorry I had to throw one fishy pun > in here somewhere!) > > I will table the question at the next meetings of FOL and TRUP and OCA > > To comment on Frans comment-most fishers are recreational and share your > sentiments,however there are subsistance fishers that take their catch home > and sell it for food and they are getting R20kg. I personally helped one > chap from Maitland haul in some nice barbel. He must have had 30 in his > catchbags! He was going to walk back to Maitland but becasue he let me > catch some fish I traded him for a ride home - he must have had at least > 60kg of fish so thats about R1200 worth!!!!!! He explained he comes to the > river sometimes when he can't get a place on one of the boats or when the > boats do not go out. > > Trev --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
