Rivers and a Stillwater in the Thames region have received a welcome boost after the Environment Agency fisheries team stocked 15,000 juvenile fish over a three-day period.

The fish which included Barbel, Chub, Dace, Roach, Rudd and Tench came from the Environment Agency National Coarse Fish Rearing Unit at Calverton, Nottingham. The Calverton fish are bred over 2 years and annually up to half a million fish are stocked into rivers and still waters throughout England and Wales.

Fish being released, and filmed with an underwater camera

Volunteers from the Thames Anglers Conservancy joined forces with Environment Agency fisheries officers from the West Thames region to stock nearly a 1000 fish into the spawning channel at Penton Hook.

Barbel being carefully placed into the stream

Along with the Thames, the rivers Blackwater in Camberley, Wey at Eashin and Elstead, Cherwell at Thrupp and Rye Dyke in High Wycombe all received new life. The Bracknell Mill Pond received Roach, Rudd and Tench as part of an ongoing project.

A happy TAC volunteer

Keith Collett (TAC) Mark Anderson (TAC) Stuart Keable (EA) David Harvey (TAC) and Adrian Bicknell (EA)

Thanks Calverton

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