Environment Agency Wales has released another 2,000 coarse fish into the River Dee. The restocking took place at Farndon, near Chester.
Some 1,000 chub and 1,000 barbel, all aged about two years, were placed into the river to help replenish stocks hit by the Dee pollution incident last July. The fish were a welcome donation from the Environment Agency’s Calverton coarse fishery near Nottingham and their size and age will aid their chances of survival and reproduction in the future.
The Agency has now stocked more than 53,000 fish in the River Dee since the devastating pollution incident in which about 100,000 fish died.
Since then, the Agency has been actively looking to replace as many as possible. The most recent restocking prior to yesterday’s event also took place at Farndon in February when about 1,800 chub and barbel were placed in the river.
