The practical fisherman : dealing with the natural history, the legendary lore, the capture of British freshwater fish, and tackle and tackle making / By J. H. Keene.

Keene, John H.

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“…Fishermen describe catching up to forty burbot in a single night using ‘night lines baited with small fish’ (A.B., 1861), with the species’ benefit as a food fish, particularly in terms of its liver being highlighted (Garner, 1844). During this period the species was common enough to be sold at Nottingham market, at a price of 6 pence per lb (about 13.2 pence kg −1 ) (Yarrel, 1859; Keene, 1881). It was also at this time that the largest burbot ever recorded in English rivers weighing 8 lb (3.6 kg) was captured in the Trent by Sir Jervase Clifton (Houghton, 1880).…”

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A review of the historical distribution and status of the burbot (Lota lota) in English rivers

Worthington

Kemp

Osborne

et al. 2011

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

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SummaryA key first step in any reintroduction programme is to identify the former native range of the species in question. Such information provides the geographical framework for the project, within which potential reintroduction sites can be assessed. This study provides a historical review of the former distribution and status of the burbot, Lota lota, a freshwater gadoid extirpated from England. The review examines records of burbot presence and abundance from a range of historical and anecdotal sources and provides a qualitative evaluation of the speciesÕ decline in English rivers. Burbot were found to have inhabited 42 rivers in eastern England ranging from the River Skerne in County Durham to the River Blyth in Suffolk. The literature suggests the species persisted in greater numbers in a few isolated areas such as the Yorkshire Derwent and the Great Ouse. The review also indicates that rather than be confined to slow-flowing lowland rivers, burbot occupied a range of aquatic environments including small upland headwaters as well as some lake systems.

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A review of the historical distribution and status of the burbot (Lota lota) in English rivers

Worthington

Kemp

Osborne

et al. 2011

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

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Former distribution and decline of the burbot (Lota lota) in the UK

Worthington

Kemp

Osborne

et al. 2010

Aquatic Conservation

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ABSTRACT1. Species reintroductions are an increasingly fashionable tool among conservation practitioners for restoring locally and nationally extinct populations. For a reintroduction programme to be successful, an understanding of the causes of the decline of a species is required. This, however, proves challenging when baseline data on the distribution and abundance of the species are limited.2. This paper uses evidence from historical literature to map the former distribution of the burbot (Lota lota) within UK rivers before its extinction in the early 1970s. A scoring system was developed to model anecdotal descriptions of burbot abundance from the collected literature.3. The former distribution was divided into four geographical areas based loosely on catchment boundaries. The literature identifies 42 rivers in eastern England in which the burbot was likely to have existed. The status of the species in the Thames catchment is still unclear as information from written sources is contradicted by evidence from the archaeological record.4. The findings indicate that the year of source data was a significant predictor of burbot abundance across the former population as a whole and for three of the four geographical areas (the Trent catchment, the Fenland rivers and the Yorkshire rivers). The timing of the burbot's decline showed differences between the geographical regions, with the Trent catchment exhibiting an earlier decline than the Fenland and Yorkshire areas.

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The practical fisherman : dealing with the natural history, the legendary lore, the capture of British freshwater fish, and tackle and tackle making / By J. H. Keene.

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A review of the historical distribution and status of the burbot (Lota lota) in English rivers

A review of the historical distribution and status of the burbot (Lota lota) in English rivers

Former distribution and decline of the burbot (Lota lota) in the UK

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