It is always with great horror that I watch the news and see how man is destroying the planets ecosystem at the moment China is stealing the headlines with chemical factory leaks destroying their water supply this recent leak is drifting through china and heading towards Russia. So we in England sit back are thinking how lucky we are in the United Kingdom to not have these polution worries.

So you may be shocked that an endangered fish species that have been around since the ice age habitat is so polluted that on December 1st 2005 the RAF have been called in to Helicopter lift the whole population to a new location. So is this location in the middle of a large industrial complex, I hear you ask no these fish are found swimming in Derwentwater in the Lake District. Yes the Lake District where we all go for holiday each year has seen such a drop in water quality that the ancient breed of fish called Vendace need to be moved to the nearby Sprinkling Tarn in the Borrowdale Valley in the Lake District.

Each year we fisherman sadly see our rivers pumped dry by over zealous water extraction this is sad as is a river dries up for just a few hours the whole eco system is destroyed not just the fish but the insect life and plant life many of which can be unique to a few miles of river and may be lost forever.