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Wels, Zander and Barbel in Ireland

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  • 22-05-2022 6:10pm
    #1
    Deagánach666
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    Would you support the introduction of Wel'scatfish, Zander and Barbel all European species into Ireland but stocked in stock lakes and not released into the wild?

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    #2
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,814 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    No. No Point.



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    Zzippy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Absolutely not.



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    Bogwoppit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,733 ✭✭✭Bogwoppit


    Water temperatures are a bit low for wels to thrive and probably even breed so they could be a candidate for enclosed fisheries. They’d be pretty unlikely to colonise or spread.

    Barbel and zander would thrive in our waterways so absolutely not, no way. If you want to fish for them then off you pop over the sea.

    The potential for them to absolutely destroy our native fisheries is huge and anyone even considering it should be flogged!

    The only way any of these would ever actually get stocked would be by an uneducated idiot through a criminal act with no care for the environment or fellow anglers.



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    spaceHopper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    No, they would escape into rives and destroy our native fish stocks.



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