Having fished and enjoyed the West Wales
countryside for the last 46 years I've witnessed a gradual decline
of migratory fish over the last thirty years with the last five
years seeing a massive decline. Obviously there are lots of factors
contributing to the decline that are out of the hands of NRW, but
where they can help ,they're simply not fit for purpose, some
examples are the increased poaching on rivers like the Teifi where
not enough resources are put in place to catch the offenders. Walk
the many tributaries of the Teifi valley many are polluted, the
Ceri a prime example ,this small stream would produce many Brown
Trout and Sewin in a few hours fishing when I was a lad, those days
are long gone, that's all you get now is the smell of slurry!
How in this day and age are anglers and netsman allowed to catch so
many fish, Sewin catches are at a historic low and Salmon on the
point of collapse and knowing this an angler can kill five Salmon a
week and four Sewin a day and netsman unlimited!! Come on NRW
it's now 2015, what are we leaving for our children and
grandchildren?
Andrew Thomas.