An Evening with the TAC and the ZSL, 22nd Sep

Subject: An Evening with the TAC and the ZSL, 22nd Sep Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:45 pm

To kick off the Autumn events, we have our first social evening at the Bell Inn.

As we did last year with the EA, this year the ZSL have kindly agreed to come down and give a talk about their Eel monitoring programmes on the Thames along with other work, such as invasive species.

They have got a lot of interest in the fish kill in June and how this affected the river, the drop in Elvers and of course your views.

We hope to be part of the Elver monitoring next spring with a TAC trap on one of the weirs, so will be a great opportunity to find out more and ask loads of questions.

And as always a great social evening in a great venue and no doubt plenty of fishy banter Smile

Posts : 2152 Join date : 2010-01-21

folks, these guys'n'gals are the nearest thing to an independent scientific group working on the thames that there is
the EA are excellent, but are a government organisation

we all know what fish are in the river, and how big they grow, but what we dont know is, what is their home like,
these people have some of the answers, particularly on the tidal

if you wanna know what makes the river tick, what species are on the decline, or want to assist with their projects, particularly the elver ones, here's your chance

as usual our mini merchandiser will be present, and if you've any tackle you dont want, bring it along and we'll make sure it gets to a youngster

i did alot of research regarding the ZSL as i liked there ideas and intrests

i will be attending this event with out doubt .

the ZSL are a real big help to understanding fish habitats and the monitoring of the species in decline

should be a great evening

Posts : 2152 Join date : 2010-01-21

spot on connor
it aint gonna be an evening of devasting rigs and pukka pics, they're in the weekly mags regularly
this will be where we learn those slightly of topic titbits, that can transform a session

if you compare our fish captures to tiles on a roof, then these guys'n'gals understand everything beneath

Subject: ZSL Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:11 pm

hi all
just been on there website and they have a short film on elver populations in the lower roding! Very Happy

Posts : 141 Join date : 2010-07-25 Location : kingstone

nice art work as usual martin Very Happy

Is on St.Margarets Community website now under "events"/"meetings"
A bit buried but it will move nearer the top as the date gets closer.
http://www.stmgrts.org.uk/event/meeting/200705143053

Posts : 2152 Join date : 2010-01-21

nice one ed, and anyone else that wants to post it elsewhere

martin, top marks as always, mucho appreciated

its tonight chaps,hopefully a good turnout Very Happy

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folks, if you didnt go, you missed a right laugh
the fella from the ZSL, joe, was brilliant, and it was a two way sharing of information, with him particularly interested in our observations of wide mouth and pointed mouth eels
nigel botherway donated prizes for the raffle, so a big up to him
john from dakota reprographics made a special journey to drop of a sample hoodie, mucho appreciated m8

plans are afoot for our club to monitor some ZSL eel traps, which will probably begin in april next year, when the elvers begin to run
they are particularly keen to get help with the scheme that operates on the river lea, so if thats your manor guv, get in touch with admin please

Really enjoyed last night, great talk by Joe and great banter. Smile

Looking forward to the TAC involved in monitoring traps Smile

Posts : 57 Join date : 2010-08-17

Yet again a good meeting, good laugh & informative well done to all involved look forward to the next one thanks Paul.

Would have come guys, but because of college on Wedensday couldn't come. I'll be coming to the Pike handling day though. As always, good luck and have fun fishing! Smile

Chaps

Have been chatting today with Joe from the ZSL and to thank him again for our night.

A TAC Eel trap is progressing and will be more updates later in the year.

What he did ask was if anyone was interested in monitoring on the River Lee. It would be a firm commitment of visiting two days a week, so if you are able to get involved and live close, let us know

Cheers

Subject: ZSL Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:24 pm

would would monitoring start, spring ?

Yes spot on mate, I think the key time is April/May onwards

Subject: ZSL Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:05 pm

i need to know location before i agree. david perhaps you could give more info sunday if your going to barnes and if i can make it.

Subject: TAC and ZSL Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:45 pm

hi all
i have E-mailed the ZSL on elver monitoring in my area and asked for more infomation. hope it works out that its possible for me to do this under the TAC banner of course. in the survey on the thames estuary last month we only caught 1 bootlace.

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