__More than half of all species of fish and cyclostomes (jawless fish such as lampreys) in Switzerland are threatened or vulnerable, according to a new study.__
The situation worsened between 2007, when the previous study was done, and 2022, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.
The study evaluated 66 species of fish and native cyclostomes, putting 43 on the so-called Red List for 2022. These include nine species that are already extinct.
In addition, nine species are “potentially threatened”. Only 14 species are considered not threatened. The assessment is based on 70,000 observations in the various Swiss rivers and bodies of water.
Among the most critically endangered species are the eel, the arborella, the savetta, the marble trout, the Black Sea salmon, and the southern Alpine grayling. Among the already extinct species are the European sturgeon and the Atlantic salmon.
Threats to indigenous fish and cyclostomi are related to water pollution, degradation of habitats, hydroelectric exploitation, competition from non-native species and the effects of global warming.
Meanwhile bern trying to build a massive road through protected environments.
Think of all the water they consume, if we get rid of fish, maybe it’s a green thing. Plus they have been farting in our water.
That’s what happens when you take them out of the water…..
A lot of the fish population is already gone.
Ask hobby fishers on the Vierwaldstättersee (my father for example) how their catch in the 80ies and 90ies was and how it changed during the 90ies and then after the turn of the millennium… no comparison.
There were times where my father went out on the lake and quickly didn’t only have our dinner but a lot of surplus to gift to friends or to put in the freezer. But at some point it just got worse and worse and even getting our dinner became hard work.
A biologist told us that the main reason is probably that the water in the lake is to *clean* (yes!) because the sewage treatment plants got better and better.
We want more roads to improve our efficiency. But in Switzerland I think that people need to find more meaning in their life. Going faster and higher is good but going deeper in your purpose or your needs are even better.
Cleaner water with an higher average temperature is not ideal for the health of fish populations (see Lake Constance).
Why are you guys fishing in anger? I tought it should be something that relaxes
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__More than half of all species of fish and cyclostomes (jawless fish such as lampreys) in Switzerland are threatened or vulnerable, according to a new study.__
The situation worsened between 2007, when the previous study was done, and 2022, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.
The study evaluated 66 species of fish and native cyclostomes, putting 43 on the so-called Red List for 2022. These include nine species that are already extinct.
In addition, nine species are “potentially threatened”. Only 14 species are considered not threatened. The assessment is based on 70,000 observations in the various Swiss rivers and bodies of water.
Among the most critically endangered species are the eel, the arborella, the savetta, the marble trout, the Black Sea salmon, and the southern Alpine grayling. Among the already extinct species are the European sturgeon and the Atlantic salmon.
Threats to indigenous fish and cyclostomi are related to water pollution, degradation of habitats, hydroelectric exploitation, competition from non-native species and the effects of global warming.
Meanwhile bern trying to build a massive road through protected environments.
Think of all the water they consume, if we get rid of fish, maybe it’s a green thing. Plus they have been farting in our water.
That’s what happens when you take them out of the water…..
A lot of the fish population is already gone.
Ask hobby fishers on the Vierwaldstättersee (my father for example) how their catch in the 80ies and 90ies was and how it changed during the 90ies and then after the turn of the millennium… no comparison.
There were times where my father went out on the lake and quickly didn’t only have our dinner but a lot of surplus to gift to friends or to put in the freezer. But at some point it just got worse and worse and even getting our dinner became hard work.
A biologist told us that the main reason is probably that the water in the lake is to *clean* (yes!) because the sewage treatment plants got better and better.
We want more roads to improve our efficiency. But in Switzerland I think that people need to find more meaning in their life. Going faster and higher is good but going deeper in your purpose or your needs are even better.
Cleaner water with an higher average temperature is not ideal for the health of fish populations (see Lake Constance).
Why are you guys fishing in anger? I tought it should be something that relaxes