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John McLaren
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"Ian Hirst, fisheries specialist, said: 'The popularity of fishing for barbel has grown over the past decade but we are struggling to understand where the young barbel are coming from.'"
Sounds like sex education should be included in courses for fisheries specialists!/forum/smilies/wink_smiley.gif
Seriously though, it could be an interesting study to find out where the spawning grounds are and how the fish migrate. It seems to me that barbel move downstream as they grow as the bigger specimens in most rivers tend to come from the downstream and, in some cases, tidal reaches whereas big chub are often found in the upper reaches suggesting that that species does not move too far from home as they grow.
What do others think?
Sounds like sex education should be included in courses for fisheries specialists!/forum/smilies/wink_smiley.gif
Seriously though, it could be an interesting study to find out where the spawning grounds are and how the fish migrate. It seems to me that barbel move downstream as they grow as the bigger specimens in most rivers tend to come from the downstream and, in some cases, tidal reaches whereas big chub are often found in the upper reaches suggesting that that species does not move too far from home as they grow.
What do others think?