Just a small point: Trevor said "You would have noticed the regular maintence done by machine and by hand each year and it never seems to make a difference" - I'm pretty sure we'd have noticed the difference if they *hadn't* done it!
On Mar 24, 4:13 pm, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Bev Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > > There was once a warning sign near the river which prohibited fishing.... > > ??? > > I think this sign disappeared when work occurred re Two Riv Urban Park. > > That sign was surely linked to level of pollution ? > > (I don't think the sign has been replace. Cld be wrong.) > > Quite right Bev - the sign did prohibit fishing on grounds of > pollution, Not sure what they would say if you said you were throwing > the fish back - that sign might be gone now. > > I would not eat stuff out that river but if you are starving it might > be another matter. I know for a fact that fisherman take the barbel > out and sell it for R30 a kilo. I ponce helped a guy catch fish and > then took him and his fish back to maitland - he must have had 30kilos > of fish or more - thats R1000! > > I would think fishing should be encouraged as an appropriate > recreational use of the river - but that the signs warn people it > might not be safe to eat the fish. Technically those fish are alien > invaders and should be removed but if you can;t eat them what a waste > so the anglers just throw them back. > > There is a signage project going up so perhaps the dangers of eating > the fish can be highlighted. > > 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.
