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CAN ANYONE HELP LIBBY AT THE DEVON AND SEVERN IFCAS TEAM? THEY NEED LOCAL ANGLERS HELP IN CATCHING SOME BASS.
We have been contacted by Libby. Please see below. If intrested please get in touch with Libby.
Dear Wyvern region
We have a PhD student at Plymouth University (Thomas Stamp) who is studying how bass move in inshore and estuary areas e.g. how much time do they spend in Bass Nursery Areas, which are the most important habitats? This will help us to determine whether current bass nursery areas are sufficient to protect different ages of juvenile bass.
I think you may have heard about Tom’s work includes a project tagging juvenile bass with acoustic ‘pinger’ tags and deploying acoustic receivers in 3 estuaries (Salcombe, Dart, Taw-Torridge). Every time a tag gets close to a receiver, the receiver will detect the tag ‘ping’ and will log that individual bass as being nearby. The receivers are distributed in such a way that a bass moving up and down an estuary and in and out of an estuary will be detected by a receiver so we will see exactly how they use estuaries. The batteries in the tags should last up to 2 years so Tom will get high-resolution information on how bass move in these areas and how long they are resident for. It has taken Tom two years to get all the funding and permissions involved and so the acoustic receivers are just being deployed.
Tom has permission to catch and retain bass for tagging purposes using a variety of methods. He will be fyke netting in Salcombe but would also really like some support from anglers in Salcombe and the Dart to catch bass for tagging. Could you circulate this to anyone you think may be able to help? We are looking for people who could be available for the following dates and locations:
27th-29th June - Salcombe
2nd-5th July - Dart
Catching bass is all that would be involved: all tagging will be undertaken by a fully trained and licensed team from Plymouth University. Anyone interested should contact Thomas Stamp for more information: (thomas.stamp@plymouth.ac.uk) , 07729 060 551.
Thanks so much in advance for your help.
Libby
Libby West
Senior Environment Officer
Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
phone: 07720683624
email: e.west@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk
Hi all,
Thanks to a very good question from Simon, please see the note below:
Tom is looking for shore based anglers, as for various logistical and licensing reasons his tagging has to be done from the shore. He will have a van with an aeration tank in to transport fish from the site of capture to the tagging & release location so that anglers can choose the best spot to fish from and move with the time/ tide.
Very best wishes,
Libby
Well doneAnother section of the East Devon coast cleared of plastics by Beer Coastguard Rescue Team who have done this evenings and weekends over 3 months.
As you will see from the photos we have removed a huge amount of plastics from another section of East Devon beach's this time Littlecombe Shute between Branscombe and Sidmouth.
When you consider most of the plastics are bottle tops, and how many it would take to fill a black bin bag you get a sense of how much was involved.
We concentrate on areas of the coast that we know plastics wash ashore in large quantities.
All of this was collected from a 450m section at the middle of the bay where tide and wind bring the plastics ashore.
It has taken 12 hours with up to 10 rescue officers working on the beach at anyone time, a lot of effort and considering it’s a very difficult beach to access and only by foot down two steep paths.
We decided the only way to get the plastics back to a location where EDDC council could get a lorry to, was to remove it using 3 boats and then the tides and sea state had to be right, so last Thursday evening we launched three boats from Beer Beach crewed by the owners who are Coastguard rescue officers, while another team walked down to the beach and gathered all the bags to a loading point on the shore ready for collection.
When all the plastics and other harmful objects had been loaded the boats returned to Beer, while the shore team made their way back up the paths and to their vehicles and back to Beer.
The photos Courtesy of Aidan Winder ( Beer 06) show the boats landing at Beer, the collection of bags and loading into a lorry from East Devon District Council (driven by Beer 07) who will sort all the plastics for recycling.
We are doing this for two main reasons to clean our seas and beaches and to raise money for Brain tumour research,
Why Brain Tumour research, because 3 years ago one of our team members 15 year old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour (Craniopharyngioma).
Along with her Parents Steve and Angie they formed “Charlottes Army Brain Tumour warrior” to raise awareness and set a target of £20.000 for research into Brain Tumours.
We have a Just giving page for any donations, which is directly link to Charlottes Army fund raising page, so if you appreciate what we have done so far and want to help please donate to
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/coastiesclean-up
it will be very much appreciated
So far we have cleared the East bank of the River Axe from Axmouth Bridge to Coronation Corner, Beer beach and Littlecombe Shute, other agencies/ teams have cleared Seaton Branscombe and Sidmouth main beaches
Its not finished yet, we know of at least one more location that needs clearing.
We would like to thank East Devon District Council for their help in recycling all we collect, and in particular the Chalet owner at Littlecombe who has helped collect plastics and provided tea and biscuits, and who just happen’s to be the father of another team member
