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Message started by ChrisCIS on May 11th, 2016 at 10:07am

Title: Re: Cat and Carp in the Ebro
Post by Nigel on May 18th, 2016 at 8:18pm
I think this is a fairly good (non Google!) translation...

The (body of) the Agents Rurals in Osona caught 18 people fishing illegally last year, the majority in the Sau reservoir. This year 6 have already been reported, and the busy months have not yet arrived. Of these fishermen there were some who were recreational,or sport, fishing and others who were fishing to then eat the catch. The law requires a fishing licence in force to fish in controlled fishing areas. Nor can they use more than two rods and if they catch non native species that have been introduced they cannot be returned to the water. The recreational fishermen are reported and their rods confiscated.

The last report made by the Agents Rurals in Osona was at the end of April. They caught a recreational fisherman in the Sau reservoir who was using illegal (prohibited) bait, had 4 rods at once and did not kill the invasive species that he caught. In the case of recreational, which is viewed as sports, the main irregularity is not having the necessary licence. But also in some cases because they return caught fish which the Catalunyan fishing laws prohibit as the fish are considered invasive species, as are almost all species that are fished at the moment in the Sau reservoir, as explained Quim Dalmau, head of the Agents Rurals of Osona. The majority of the people who practice this type of fishing are people from outside the comarca of Osona, particularly the metropolitan area.

The other type of recreational fisherman are people who fish the Sau reservoir to obtain fish to eat. This tends to be people from eastern Europe and Asian countries whose consumption of these species normal, and they (fish) for necessity, explains Dalmau. In these cases, apart from not having the licence as required by law, they are accustomed to fish with more than two rods to try to catch the maximum number of (fish) examples. Also in the Sau reservoir people have been detected usin prohibited nets. As well as fining them, the agents confiscate the material used for fishing. The rods are held as deposit until they pay the fine. If after 5 years they haven't been reclaimed the rods are destroyed.

From the silur (catfish)  to the lucioperca (I guess a type of fish)

The majority of the species that are found at the moment in the Sua reservoir are non-native, introduced (can't think of the English but 'slyly', hidden, on the quiet...) above all for sport fishing. One of the species that has grown (population) most in the river Ter as well as the Sau is the lucoperca (or Sandra). The head of the Agents Rural of Osona, Quim Dalmau, warned that a few months ago they had detected a huge increase in this species, they suspect that they had been introduced illegally. The king of the pleasure fishing, however, continues to be the silur (catfish), which comes from northern Europe, and which can grow to a huge size. Already it is some years since it was introduced in the Seu, and in the case of the reservoirs situated along the River Ebro, such as Mequinenza and Riba Roca, it has become a great tourist attraction for the area. Other species that are fished in Sau are the cat fish, American perch, sun fish and tha alburn, this last is a very small fish that is the principle food of the silur (catfish). The carp as well is abundant and liked by sports fishermen. All that were introduced years ago now are considered native. The presence of these invasive species in the last years in the river Ter and the Sau reservoir has had a big negative impact on the native species.

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