Fish Perish In Local Pond
04 July 2011 by Hamst
Concerns heightened over the weekend with the fate of hundreds of fish that were starting to perish in a pond in the Ashby area of the town.
The pond near to Ashby Ville, between Lakeside Parkway and Emmanual Beck has seen the water level drop in recent weeks due to the lack of rain; it has now become so low that the pond is suffering from a lack of oxygenation causing the fish to suffocate. The remaining fish are now swimming in sludge and what very little water that’s left.
The ponds water level is now at a critical point.
Local anglers and residents were there on Sunday trying to catch the remaining fish but this proved to be difficult due to the sludge in the pond basin. The Environment Agency had been informed of the situation but was unable to attend because ownership of the pond could not be established. A plea was even made for any local farmers with pumps to help out but assumedly due to the laws of water extraction none were forthcoming.
Dead fish litter the pond
Today the pond remains at a critical level, there are up to 100 dead fish, maybe more, and as yet no one from any authority has been seen at the site though residents say some of the fish have managed to be caught and transferred to a larger pond at Ashby Ville.
Happier Times - The Pond in March 2011
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Just heard the Environment Egency have been, assessed it and are going to try to pump water in from the near by Emmanual Beck. Though I've just got back from there at 18:30hrs and there's no sign of any action as yet.
Council refusing people access to rescue dying fish,twats
my mate went down to help and they refused access he has a pond an eqipment to relocate fish
also they won't dredge as tehy belive the silt is sewage,
they are letting kids fish in a lake they believe is poison
I've just had a similar conversation with some one else about this, very shocking. I'm going to take a look down there later on tonight to see if anything has been done in terms of trying to get the pond refilled or removing the fish, I'll update the post here and will add any photos to Hamt's original post if it suitable.
If any one has spoken to any council officials or representatives of the environment agency drop us a line and let us know what they have said.
IT sicken me when on Twitter all Andrea Davidson is bothered about is who is taking credit for the Pods when a small environmental disastser is happening on the edge of her constituency,pathetic .
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What an absolute shameful bunch of Job worth’s we have running the show.
I rang the environment agency a few weeks ago about illegal fishing in the beck and they came up with similar nonsense.
Why can't some one just get down there (perhaps with a fire engine??) and get pumping water out of the beck and into the pond?
Or is that beyond the wit of man and bureaucracy?
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