Paul
Thank you for coming over this morning and bringing Gary. Glad you liked the area.
To summarise what we discussed.
- Signage: Please find attached copies of notices sent by West Yorks Police. It would be great if these could go on the info boards at the access points.
- Litter: Bins not a likely option but Gary to send one of his team to the pond regularly to deal with litter. I have his direct number if there's a big problem.
- Pond maintenance. BTLAC lease the pond as a fishery and it is getting increasingly difficult to fish due to massive lily beds and silting problems on the dam wall. I'm not sure who we would need to speak to but would happy to meet up with someone to discuss possible solutions.
- Fish stocks. In 1993 during the building of Cookridge Hall Golf Course there was a major problem with clay silt being washed into the pond. The Environment Agency netted the water to save a lot of the stock. Due to issues with transfer of disease it was deemed that Golden Acre park lake was the "same water" and the fish were moved there on a temporary basis while Paul's Pond recovered. They only managed to net about 50% of the fish and current stock is from the remaining fish breeding. When the agency was approached to net Golden Acre to recover the fish they declined for various, and no doubt fiscal, reasons. BTLAC would dearly love to have the chance to get these fish back into their home water and could supervise the transfer of fish if we were granted appropriate permissions to fish Golden Acre over a pre agreed and strictly limited period.
I look forward to hearing from you when you return from Edinburgh (hope you have a great time).
Regards
Chris Parkin
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