What We Do About... Cormorants

At the AT we focus on 2 things surrounding Cormorants, our short-term strategy is about offering practical, meaningful hands-on support to protect the stock in fisheries and our long-term strategy is to get Cormorants on the general license.
Watch the film to hear from some of the clubs we have helped and hear from Trev of the Avon Roach project on how a long terms, collaborative approach continues to fight on behalf of the angling community.
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[@OneDaveAtaTime]

What is AT’s view on the upsurge of otters and cormorants decimating fresh water fish stocks. They are destroying the natural balance because of forced introduction into places where they don’t naturally belong, specifically otters, or are protected despite the huge damage they cause, specifically cormorants. Otters are now behaving like urban foxes, scavenging towns and domestic garden ponds because they’ve stupidly being reintroduced into wrong areas and destroyed river stocks.

[@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069]

SHOTGUN

[@CarpCandyBaits]

Great video and advice. Under the improved terms of the general licence this will hopefully support a resolution and give the people making the decisions the confidence that all non-lethal methods have been explored prior to any finite control. Thanks for your continued efforts!

[@oldschoozgamer]

sent angling trust a email a few years ago about the state of the canal and fish levels near me never heard back from them sometimes i wonder why i even get a rod licence seems to be other areas around the uk that get all the work done bit of a joke

[@yourstarwillshine]

My club have been struggling to limit Cormorant activity but 2023/24 we had over 20 circling our complex and one or two on everday. We have tried ropes scarecrows and have members walking the ponds but we cannot win. The only solution is a lead sandwich its so important they get put on general license for winter 2025 we are planning to buy huge nets to cover 3 of our 6 waters which is sad but we cannot afford to keep buying fish stocks................ the AT needs to write to all its members and each club get signatures from its members or maybe an online petition to get this change pushed through.

[@bizbizley]

I’m of the opinion that on a commercial fishery, you are presenting a bowl of fish soup to a Cormorant. He will take the path of least resistance to fill his belly. Perhaps some sort of silt agitation might help to cloud the waters. Just an observation and a thought.

[@Globetrotter-1]

Very true. Commercial lakes and overstocked club waters just invite an abundance of predators to the over-filled banquet. They only have themselves to blame.

[@1954satan]

By that reasoning , having loads of children encourages pedophilia.! @@Globetrotter-1

[@tomasdevine7756]

Plenty of them in my area but seals are everywhere they are a huge threat to stocks. My problem is that trawlers dump off catch for them its not right because they are everwhere.

[@1954satan]

S.S.S.