The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm delivered a batch of coarse fish which were delivered to the River Wey at The Broadmeads, Old Woking.
Coarse fish which comprised of 18-month-old roach, dace, chub and barbel which travelled well in the oxygenated tanks following an early start from Calverton Village near to Nottingham.
The River Wey was carrying little flow for the time of year, but the fish which had already grown well in earth ponds over the summer swam off strongly looking for instream cover from plants or woody debris.
The stocking was overseen by Woking and District Angling Association and is the starting point of a partnership project to improve instream habitat within this section of the River Wey.
We hope for good survival, growth rates and returns from the stocked fish.
The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm produces approximately 400,000 coarse fish a year which are distributed around the country to rivers, still waters and waterbodies where habitat improvement work has been carried out, where a fish mortality has occurred or we are trying to develop a fishery.
For any further information please contact adrian.bicknell@environment-agency.gov.uk
