INDIANANGLER

Saw an episode on a wildlife channel where the Mongolian trout or Taimen, was caught, measured, tagged and monitored...
Is the same tagging and monitoring done for endangered and rare species in india ? I think tagging might help with the fact that fishermen
will release such fish when caught(If educated properly or informed through the government)...Is it happening in India ? If no, Why not ?!

and one more thing are their specific laws and regulations regarding their conservation in India ?

If the government doesnt do it then We have to do it ! Ngo's have to do it !
and look ! It has already started ! they are doing it maybe not freshwater, but its a start !!!

http://www.wti.org.in/current-news/1103 ... India.html

that link almost answers all the contradictions you said were there... the govt n the fishermen...

actually am happy that you motivated me to search the net for this... or else I wouldnt have done it ! As the saying goes, "All thats needed is a push "


this is what I just found by searching google... not saying I knew it already...

Sorry I mistakebly wrote the last episode of a tv series in which the giant catfish was caught by the help of local fishermen in the river between cambodia and laos...
you might have seen it...I was kinda confused and wrote in a hurry without searching the net... and remembering properly... my bad

And yes you have traveled and you know, I'm just a guy who has traveled less and learned more through the net etc... So obviously you know the reality much more than I do...


Topic aside, some good plans for the weekend, and there's a place so,
Don't give up hope on freshwater yet bro !

Its not about who knows more, I am a research analyst and most of my time is spent in front of this box, it has more to offer than what meets the eye and often vice-verse, its about the situation, I hope you can also see that this thread has 5 replies and 3 votes (the third again is a pune resident) which are ours only..... When fishing across India is good why will someone who is enjoying catching and eating or releasing some good fish worry about Pune's situation. why should anyone, I wouldn't if I was in Hyderabad or somewhere up north or close to the Kaveri down south or anywhere on the coastline of our peninsular nation! Its this city which is alarming..... go through the website again, its an ngo, most ngo's today are money laundering scams which turn black money into white under the name of donation and charity...... most funds received by most n.g.o's are not spent on reasons stated! Well maybe I'm wrong and your rite, you found the link anyway didn't you! BRAVO! No doubt the site appears to be one with a difference and they might just make a difference wildlife/environment conservation in India, or by the time they reach pune, Tilapia might be 100% fish(only species left) in the river. Vivek Menon(the founder of the site the link you posted) should come out here and witness it! He will say we first got to sort out the elephants and tigers and then we can or rather might consider your fish, the other day you were with me at the bridge where you saw one locals net take out at least thousands of tiddler fish not even an inch big in size. Unfortunately what your saying about the link is not true it creates more questions than answers, plus most of everything is in Noida so they are not really spread across the country and also work based on convenience. My advice to you my friend is stop watching too much tv, it gives us some ideas that are in-executable. Rest your learning and learning real fast plus are very enthusiastic about angling and your close to environment and its conservation which is great! hoping a door opens for all like minded folk like us..... Until then a famous quote by a close friend "Fishing is a madness! Put it to good use!"

Regards,
Omesh

Yes absolutely brother... as much as my hands are itching to write more, I wouldn't take this further... thank you for this healthy discussion, from which I learned a lot... and motivated to do something about it...

If anyone else has seen, heard or done any tagging and monitoring for endangered and rare species of fish in India, Please do post replies... and Do VOTE !!!

Keep up the angling spirit !

Regards
raka