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Originally Posted by GuyFromLaw
No, to be honest I think over the length of time you are suggesting, that you can research all you really need to know, for free. It really isn't rocket science.
Courses and literature are no match for hands on experience though. It really is the kind of job that you really can't start to learn until actually doing it.
Everything all depends on what you want from fishery management. Some people have just had the opportunity to lease a water which they just happen to know has good water quality. It's not too hard then to pay for some fish to be delivered by folk that know what they are doing and hopefully will get your fish to you in good condition. As long as there are fish to catch people will come pay and fish. So you can do this, with certain risks obviously, without any in depth knowledge of what you are doing. And many fisheries are like this.
Other fishery managers are passionate about what they do and try everything they can to make their fishery venue, and the quarry in the best possible condition. To do this you have to arm yourself with some basic knowledge. Like I said, it's not rocket science.
As a fly angler you will already have a keen interest in entomology. You should also read up on plants and photosysnthesis, algae, eutrophication, water quality, aquatic invertebrates, relationships between dissolved gases and temperature, water stratification, etc... All these will give you an understanding of what is happening in your fishery at any given time in any given conditions.
This will arm you with the knowledge of when to stock and more importantly, when not to stock, which will minimise losses.
Really, this is all any book, or any course is going to tell you. Unless you were required to have an accreditation to gain employment then I wouldn't bother.
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Just taking on board everything you've said, I'm thinking that that is a lot of subjects to read up about when you don't know what you're looking for.
ie: I could spend a lot of time trying to track down the information that is relevant to me and could also waste a lot of time ingesting information that in the long run is of no use to me.
(I don't mean that in a lazy way, I love to read about new things but as someone with quite a bad memory for facts, the more streamlined the information is, the better)
Whereas if I did a course that is geared directly towards the information that I need to know, although it may cost me a little bit more, I can be sure that everything I'm learning is of tangible use.
Obviously you have a diploma in this subject, so it probably seems quite obvious to you what books to read etc
But for me my only knowledge in the field is from my 3 years of experience in fly fishing!
So I'm literally started from nothing, so I could maybe benefit from the guiding parameters of a course to set me off in the right direction.
Maybe £210 in the grand scheme of things could end up a good investment?
Just thinking out loud here, I'm not discounting your advice at all!
You also suggested 'making contact with on-growing production sites in the area' which sounds like a great idea, as you say, hands on is the best approach.
Any idea what websites I could search on to find that out?
(I'm in Blackheath, South London)
And finally you say about leasing a fishery and managing it, that definitely sounds like one option but my real end plan would be to actually develop a new fishery.
I'm very passionate about the subject and think that Kent is absolutely crying out for a good trout fishery.
(a fishery similar to Lakedown in East Sussex, would be my aim)
Apart from a few tiny venues there is hardly anywhere to fish for trout in Kent and I would love to change that.
Anyway, that is a long way off and I have A LOT of reading and research to do before even allowing myself to dream that far ahead!
Thanks again for your help.
Dan
Fishery Management Books advice please...
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