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[baggiebloke]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-53792016

[Fulham Fallout]

10ft? Pfft. Seen bigger gudgeon in the canal.



Speaking of gudgeon, they appear to have been completely wiped out, possibly by the zander, perch and pike.

[MassDebater]

10ft? Pfft. Seen bigger gudgeon in the canal.



Speaking of gudgeon, they appear to have been completely wiped out, possibly by the zander, perch and pike.

Speaking of Zander, someone on TV caught one the other day and released it back, I thought they were still on catch and kill?? Always liked gudgeon, zander are complete barstewards, it will have been them rather than perch and pike that did for the gudgeon.

[Ossian]

10ft? Pfft. Seen bigger gudgeon in the canal.



Speaking of gudgeon, they appear to have been completely wiped out, possibly by the zander, perch and pike.

Speaking of Zander, someone on TV caught one the other day and released it back, I thought they were still on catch and kill?? Always liked gudgeon, zander are complete barstewards, it will have been them rather than perch and pike that did for the gudgeon.

Most likely; non-native predators are a menace, in water or on land. The native prey species have no evolved defences against them and they quickly screw up the predator/prey balance in the local ecosystem. We are invariably the culprits with our penchant for introducing non-native varieties.

The flip side of the coin is a variety like the grey squirrel, which would never have thrived if we hadn't helped them out by pretty much eradicating all of the native species which would have predated them. It's why sheep are so destructive; native flora have little or no defence against a non-native ruminant.

Still, at least artificially reared grouse were doing well until 3 days ago.

[Fulham Fallout]

10ft? Pfft. Seen bigger gudgeon in the canal.



Speaking of gudgeon, they appear to have been completely wiped out, possibly by the zander, perch and pike.

Speaking of Zander, someone on TV caught one the other day and released it back, I thought they were still on catch and kill?? Always liked gudgeon, zander are complete barstewards, it will have been them rather than perch and pike that did for the gudgeon.

people are still supposed to kill the Zander but speaking to anglers, a lot of them put them back in the water!!!  WTF??  This isn’t about being kind to fish, this is to protect all our native fish from being swallowed up (literally) by the Zander.