Emmo (Angling Trust)
Well-known member
As many regulars know I spend my working time in Falkalnd Islands maintaining the SAR helicopters there.
While there I have been out with a rod on a number of occassions and been quite successful catching Sea trout (my first ever), Brown trout and Atlantic Bass, locally called Mullet.
Does anyone have any idea why there are no coarse fish present in Falklands? I know the rivers are quite short by comparison to UK and the Islands are much smaller, but I would have thought that there would be some fish present with all the visiting birds we get, fish eggs sticking to their legs etc?
The only fish that are present are the Sea/Brown trout that were introduced along with Salmon (which do not return in any numbers) and an indigenous Zebra trout that it is illegal to fish for, any caught to be returned immediately. The only sea fish seem to be the "Mullet" though there must be other fish there, I have never caught any other sea fish or even seen any caught. The majority of the commercial fishing in FI is for squid which are present in huge numbers and apart from for human consumption capable of sustaining the penguin colonies that dine on them almost exclusively.
Any ideas why the Falklands is barren of Coarse fish?
While there I have been out with a rod on a number of occassions and been quite successful catching Sea trout (my first ever), Brown trout and Atlantic Bass, locally called Mullet.
Does anyone have any idea why there are no coarse fish present in Falklands? I know the rivers are quite short by comparison to UK and the Islands are much smaller, but I would have thought that there would be some fish present with all the visiting birds we get, fish eggs sticking to their legs etc?
The only fish that are present are the Sea/Brown trout that were introduced along with Salmon (which do not return in any numbers) and an indigenous Zebra trout that it is illegal to fish for, any caught to be returned immediately. The only sea fish seem to be the "Mullet" though there must be other fish there, I have never caught any other sea fish or even seen any caught. The majority of the commercial fishing in FI is for squid which are present in huge numbers and apart from for human consumption capable of sustaining the penguin colonies that dine on them almost exclusively.
Any ideas why the Falklands is barren of Coarse fish?