Eel Trap results 2012

Lovely, cheers

Me and Michael would like to attend the day at zsl on 19th October if that is ok, we have enjoyed doing the eel trap monitoring and are sad for it to end, hopefully we will be asked to help next year. Thanks Colin and Mike

Cheers Col, yes see you there mate, not been to the zoo for ages

Next year everyone was has been trained will be involved again and anyone else who wants to.

Thanks to all who checked it in our first year, it has been a great success

No eels in the trap, if we are stopping the checks will the ZSL take the cages out of the traps so any late eels can pass through or shut them down completely.

Spot on mate, they will be taking the cage out but the actual pass remains. There is a new pass going in under the boat rollers (which are being replaced), but does not affect the existing one but may change the results.

A lot of the weir is being replaced next year with a lot of pile driving which may ruin the fishing in the weir pool for most of next year, not good news.
Also I have been told the results of the electro fishing by the EA were very poor, has anyone heard the results.

Glyn Jones wrote:

Also I have been told the results of the electro fishing by the EA were very poor, has anyone heard the results.

I understand they did them very recently when it has turned cold. I wonder if many fish were therefore deeper down and not so susceptible to being stunned?

Or worse case, if the floods we had earlier in the year took many of them?

Glyn Jones wrote:

A lot of the weir is being replaced next year with a lot of pile driving which may ruin the fishing in the weir pool for most of next year, not good news.
Also I have been told the results of the electro fishing by the EA were very poor, has anyone heard the results.

Are you refering to Molesey main weir or the back weir which we are not allowed to fish?
Please will you publish further details of the proposed works on the weir.
There were recent extensive works to replace the the summer boards with sluice gates, what else is there to do?
Thanks in advance for any information.

Details of the works can be found here - http://tinyurl.com/8qb8qnv - simply by Googling.

David Harvey wrote:

Checked the trap yesterday and 3, 250, 90, 80mm

Update from Joe P:

Good morning everyone


It’s the home straight now for the eel monitoring. We shall be hanging up our waders and shutting down our traps on September 28th ( all except you Richard!) and I’m delighted to say that all your efforts have produced some very interesting data. I shall be reporting on the data you have produced when we meet on October 19th at London Zoo.


The programme for the event looks like this:


11:00 Welcome by ZSL
11: 05 Future priorities for the management of eels in the Thames catchment Darryl Clifton-Dey, Environment Agency
11: 40 Year two of the European Eel Citizen Science Programme Joe Pecorelli , ZSL
12: 00 The Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in the Thames Dr David Morritt, Royal Holloway University of London
12: 20 The Wandle Trust’s work to aid eel passage in the River Wandle Tim Longstaff, The Wandle Trust.


12:40 lunch


Some sort of zoo activity for those that wish to have a look round after lunch.


Please can you let me know numbers for the event by Monday October 8th .


Looking forward to seeing as many of you and your volunteers as possible.


Best wishes


Joe

Reminder for you folks who volunteered, got training and monitored the trap.

Hi Dave
thanks for information.I will be able to attend but i think Mike is at work.Will we all be travelling together?If not will you have more information on the actual address room etc at London Zoo?
Colin

Colin, as per below mate

From Joe P

Hello Everyone


Thank you very much for sending me numbers for the 19th. It looks like we should have a healthy sized crowd.


Please can you make it to the zoo for 10:30, follow this link for travel details: http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/visit/how-to-find-us,125,AR.html


I, or someone else from the ZSL Thames team, will be waiting for you at the main zoo gate to take you to where the meeting will be held. You will be pleased to hear we will spend the morning sandwiched between the komodo dragons and the wallabies in the Mappin Pavillion .The zoo map is on : http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/visit/how-to-find-us,125,AR.html



If you arrive late just call my mobile on 07974 725557 or Steve Mowat’s on 07725 050061


The programme for the event is:


10:30 Tea and Coffee

11:00 Welcome by ZSL

11: 05 Future priorities for the management of eels in the Thames catchment Darryl Clifton-Dey, Environment Agency

11: 40 Year two of the European Eel Citizen Science Programme Joe Pecorelli , ZSL

12: 00 The Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in the Thames Dr David Morritt, Royal Holloway University of London

12: 20 The Wandle Trust’s work to aid eel passage in the River Wandle Tim Longstaff, The Wandle Trust.



12:40 lunch



Free zoo fun for those that wish to have a look round after lunch.



Please pass this on to your volunteers.



Really looking forward to seeing you all there.



Best wishes



Joe

I am hoping to make it along to this - didn't realise we had to confirm before the 8th Oct.

Hope it'll be ok - I am sure there'll be some no-shows.

Are we meeting up and travelling together.

I will go from Surbiton, so Glyn that is easiest for you I guess.

Can I suggest we all meet at Waterloo for say 09:30, its then the Nothern Line up to Camden Town, and a 15 min walk.

Hi Dave, just to confirm me and Mike will meet you at 9.30 at Waterloo, I will call you when we are there. Thanks.

9.30 at Waterloo. see you there

I'll be there.

See you tomorrow my fellow Eel ticklers.

Let meet under the clock at Waterloo

Hope to be there if I manage to clear the rest of the week's work off my desk today.

My train is due to get in at 9:34 tomorrow - presumably you won't have departed before then.

I think we can hang around for 4 minutes for you Paul

Just loosen the line, release the anti-reverse & I should be out of the snag in 5 minutes!

The event was well attended with the above mentioned from the TAC along with I guess around 40 others, thanks for making the effort chaps

Very interesting talks by the EA about the whole Eel management programme in the Thames Basin, the by Joe P on the volunteers work in checking all the traps followed by a very informative talk about Mitten Crabs. It was rounded off by a presentation by the Wandle Trust about improving Eel passage along the Wandle, fish passes, traps etc, great work going on down there.

The final results from traps are as follows:


Medway-Allington Lock

Total: 1079
Elvers: 977
% Elvers: 91%

Cray- Hall Place

Total:1
Elvers: 1
% Elvers: 100%

Lee-Bow Locks

Total: 13
Elvers: 13
% Elvers: 100%

Wandle-Abbey Mills

Total: 139
Elvers: 19
% Elvers: 14%

Crane-Crane Park

Total: 0

Hogsmill-Middle Mill

Total: 1
Elvers : 0

Thames-Molesey Lock

Total: 133
Elvers: 30
% Elvers: 23%

Group photo, spot the TAC'ers

Report from the ZSL for 2012, well done to all those who got involved

http://www.rivertac.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/final-CS-European-Eel-Monitoring-programnme-Report.pdf