Fisheries Improvement Programme.

Rushden Town Council is pleased to announce that it has been working with the Environment Agency on a Fisheries Improvement Programme.

Rushden Town Council are pleased to announce they have been working with the Environment Agency on a Fisheries Improvement Programme. The National Coarse Fish Rearing Unit at Calverton in Nottinghamshire breeds coarse fish for release into rivers and still waters across England to help boost fish populations.

In 2024, the fish rearing unit produced and stocked 510,488 fish into waterways around the country – an increase of 6.5% on the previous year.

As part of this project week we put 600 young Bream and Roach into the Mallards, off Centaine Road. Rushden's Mayor David Colman was on hand to help, together with his granddaughter Ophelia. Three of the young fish have now been officially named Peter Parker, Spiderman and Sebby by Ophelia!

As part of an eighteen-month project, further work is to be carried out to place bound willow bundles on the edge of the ponds to help bank stabilisation, a traditional technique used for the prevention of bank erosion, known as spiling. A programme of weed control will also be undertaken throughout the growing season.

If you would like any further information regarding this project please contact paul@rushdentowncouncil.gov.uk or 01933 316216.

paul@rushdentowncouncil.gov.uk or call 01933 316216.