Thanks for the feedback. I believe it was a slightly bent over sign a little further up the river with the usual park stuff. But, if I wasn't mistaken, it still seems that there's no particular reason to prohibit fishing in the river - so I won't glare menacingly at any fishers ;)
I do wonder vaguely if it might be something to do with encouraging fishing birds (I'm rather fond of the Little Egret, and the Giant Kingfisher, that hang about near the bridge to the Observatory) and stimulating the food chain. But I can't imagine anyone's too keen on a build up of invader, or pest fish. On Sep 1, 7:07 pm, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Fran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > I did not mean to imply that the fish were in anyway safe to eat - just that > as there are recreational fishers who throw them back there are some that > keep them for food. It might be interesting to have the fish tested to > establish whether it is fit for human consumption or not. > > I would not eat anything that came out of that river - although having said > that the Liesbeek remains one of the most pristine urban rivers in South > Africa. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
