DECEMBER 2006.
New Conditions apply for 2007 for freshwater fishing.
NOVEMBER 2006.
Kalopanagiotis dam is empty again...
OCTOBER 2006.
The tunnel opening inside the dam is above the water level and there is
no real reason to remove any more water...
OCTOBER 2006. The damage at Yermasogia dam is already huge and soon it might all be
over...
JULY 2006.
Possible bacteria infection at Yermasogia dam and maybe Asprogremmos dam
as well.
JULY 2006.
Many small bass appeared at Kalavasos dam. A very good opportunity
for the fisheries dept to collect bass for re-stocking.
JULY 2006. Yermasogia dam might not be emptied this year.
JUNE 2006. Yermasogia dam is going to be empty before the
coming winter and nobody seems to care about the thousand of fish and
other wildlife.
FEBRUARY
2006. Lefka dam empty again and all fish killed.
JANUARY 2006. The beginning of 2006
fishing year.
DECEMBER 2005. Small rainbows in Kalopanagiotis dam.
NOVEMBER 2005. An overview of the fishing year 2005
SEPTEMBER 2005. Is the water in the dams
used wisely? Some of the dams are almost empty! Yermasogia dam close
to destruction...
JULY 2005. The fisheries department is
"seriously" considering stocking some dams with new species...
JULY 2005. The Fisheries
department says that they have taken Largemouth Bass samples from Xyliatos
dam and found no
water snakes in their stomachs...
JUNE 2005. The situation regarding freshwater fishing and
especially Bass fishing seems to be getting worse every year. Nobody
talks about the big catch, or the new record or the great day out fishing
any more. Everybody talks about the good old days. Memories
and pictures of
bass fishing two or three years ago is all that is left. The reason?
JANUARY 2005. Largemouth bass was stocked in Tamasos dam (at least that is what the Fisheries dept says). Does the fisheries dept know that this predator needs large
quantities of baitfish to survive? The only fish stocked for this purpose
is carp. Not a particular favorite of bass though. How about tilapia and
roach? Or maybe new species such as Bluegill. Although, even if bass was really
stocked two years ago, introducing roach now would probably not work.
And this is because the bass will not allow it to grow and increase in
numbers. This is exactly what happened in Kalavasos dam and we can see
thousands of tiny bass not growing properly and ending up in cannibalism
to survive. When stocking a dam a few rules should be followed.
Nothing complicated, just simple common knowledge !!!.
(By the way Aradippou dam needs a predator to keep the balance)
JANUARY 2005. How about stocking some dams with new
species like Crappie and Bluegill for example? Both these species are excellent gamefish that can be
caught in numbers even by kids (imagine you and your son or daughter
catching a few) and very tasty on the dinner table. Bluegill is
desperately needed as forage fish for Largemouth Bass. Roach is just not
good enough.
01-01-2005 The fisheries and Water depts have done it again. There
seems to be no end to the mass killing of fish in the Cyprus dams. POMOS
DAM IS EMPTY!!! Once again the government officials decided to remove the
water from a dam killing thousands of fish. We had reports of Largemouth
bass over 2 kilos each, being caught regularly at Pomos dam. Not to
mention Carp, Mosquito
fish, Roach, Catfish and Perch.
28-04-2004
Kalopanagiotis dam is full again and small rainbows (15-20 cm) have been
released.
28-04-2004 Lefka
dam is almost full again and small rainbows (15-20 cm) have been released.
10-04-2004
Tamasos dam. Very small rainbows (10-12 cm) have been released. I don't
really understand the way fisheries dept think. By the time they grow up
it will be summer time and all will die due to the water temperature.
Feb 25, 2004. Lefka dam is EMPTY AGAIN. All water has been removed once more by
the fisheries and water development depts and all underwater lifeform
DESTROYED for the second time in less than two years. And nobody seems to
care. !!! WHY ???
20-02-04. Kalopanayiotis dam is now empty.
The officials will wait for some time and then fill the dam because this
is what they are supposed to do. Makes you wonder, doesn't it ???
13-02-2004.
Kalopanayiotis dam is going to be empty again soon. Water is already being
let to escape and as usual all the fish will be killed! Rainbow trout up
to 2 kilos and lots of Largemouth bass (which exist in the dam
unofficially!!!) will go down the river. The few lucky ones will reach
Lefka dam, but most of the fish will die.
28-01-2004. All the water from Lympia dam was
removed once again after almost three years and all the fish
went down the river which dried as soon as the dam opening was closed.
Thousands of fish including Largemouth bass, Carp, Tilapia, Catfish,
Goldfish, Roach, Mosquito fish were killed. Does the story sound
familiar??? Guess what: The fisheries department again doesn't know how it
happened!!!
And the crime continues...
Jan 2004. Lefka dam is full
again but has not been stocked with Largemouth Bass as before. Instead,
Fisheries dept are planning to release rainbow trout later this year
(2004).
Jan 2004.
Aradippou dam is full again but has been stocked only with Carp, Roach,
and Mosquito fish. However there is a need for a predator in the dam to
keep the balance. Does the Fisheries dept know that???
Aradippou dam is empty - all water has been removed and again all fish KILLED.!!!
28-08-2002
Lefka dam is empty - all water has been removed by the fisheries dept and all underwater lifeform DESTROYED !!! 03-08-2002
