This is just….just…ah heck I can’t even begin to describe it. The stupid, it burns.
Here’s the odoriferous essence of this publicity stunt story:
“In addition to the anticipated warming of lakes and rivers, we may also see an increase in the occurrence of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and heatwaves.
“All of these could have an impact on much of the native wildlife in England, especially aquatic species such as the rare and specialised vendace, so we are taking action now to conserve the existing populations.”
So let’s move the animals into the ClimateArk for the “anticipated warming of lakes and rivers”. Eeegads, let’s not wait for the actual data to see if there’s a real temperature problem or not, act now!
The commenters on her blog are having none of it, for example:
ravenscar
Today 09:17 AM
“The endangered vendace, that has been in Britain since the Ice Age, is in danger of dying out as lakes and rivers warm up because of man made global warming.”
Are we to infer man has been warming up the planet since the last ice age?
How powerful must they have been, our ancestors.
This plucky little fish survived the Roman Warming, the MWP, which were warmer – so now, when it is cooler but the fault lies with Mankind? Thus, Global warming is the culprit.
That’s pretty poor logic even from you Ms. Gray.
I think the solution if you’ll excuse the pun can be found in the [lack of] water quality.
And this one….
I’ve understood that the threat to the vendace and other white fish wasn’t so much that the lakes are getting warmer as from eutrophication caused by run-off from fields and the sewage output of towns like Keswick.
They were saying this in the 1980s. Obviously the fertilisation problem must have been solved just in time for global warming. (Or maybe not).
This was the story the Telegraph was running about its demise in 2008;
“No trace of the vendace, a small herring-like fish, has been found at Bassenthwaite in the Lake District despite an intensive search.
The disappearance leaves Derwent Water as the last surviving habitat of the vendace in the England.
Competition from invasive fish species and poor water quality are being blamed for the demise of the rare freshwater fish.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ear…
It’s notable that they were still in Derwentwater at the time (largely upstream of Keswick), but had gone extinct in Bassenthwaite Lake ( immediately downstream of Keswick).
Not a mention of any of this in Louise’s cut and paste.
Ms. Gray has been pwned by the purveyors of this story. Read it and weep here.
Here’s the “experts” documenting it all on video:
So here’s the question. After introducing these fish into a new lake, what if they don’t survive? Blame global warming?
h/t to WUWT reader Robert Doyle
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Latitude says:
April 12, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Hey, I have a great idea…..
…let’s introduce a new species to a lake
aren’t these the same people that freak out over invasive species
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Funny thing, most “invasive” species where introduced deliberately by socialists of one strip or another.
“Sorry poor African Farmer, but you can’t use that ‘EVIL’ DDT. It will kill the Bald Eagle, don’t ya know. But here, I have a natural way to cut down on mosquitoes. Its called a mosquito fish. Just put these little guys in all the streams.”
Gambusia afinis eats a lot of things but not as many mosquito larva as the native fishes they displaced!
Hmm, just as I suspected, this is not even a truly endangered species. The justification of listing it is just so much legalistic smoke and mirrors. It is an even more egregious example of what caused the listing of the Delta Smelt.
BTW, my first love is the study of Desert Fishes. I come from a part of the world that actually has some species that really are “threatened” by major changes to their habitat through dams and introduced game fishes. Yet they have managed to survive.
Moderator:
Sorry, screwed up my link: this should be corrrect. Please delete previous blunders…
There are other species of fish even more under threat from AGW, possibly already on the edge of extinction. These haven’t been caught in decades. Let’s get fundraising to save the FBT!
[snip – inappropriate humor regarding the Telegraph author – Anthony]
Gee, I thought Paul H might be talking about me . . . . but I like to cite my sites . . . .because it’s just right!
Credit where credit is due?
Aside from the best laugh I’ve had for ages, this quote from Miss Cut ‘N Paste will probably have pleased one UK vehicle manufacturer:
“It was impossible to use conventional transport like a 4×4 motorbike or landrover.”
Whether it really was impossible or not, the name Landrover is so well known that it’s mentioned separately from other 4×4’s. I bet the local owners club are preparing a trip up the mountain as we speak…
Cut ‘n’ Paste Grey alright. Looks like she just reworded this a bit and handed it in.
Finally, some good news from the British Health Service! Paranoid delusions no longer need any treatment!
…we have a special term for fish like these in Oklahoma….”live bait.”
Indeed, the use of llamas is some seriously stupid show-boating!!
Telegraph has been writing about these critters for some time, this dates back to 2008:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3346740/Ancient-vendace-fish-saved-from-edge-of-extinction.html
…not much of a mention of global warming in this article!! S-C-A-M….
I just tripped and fell on a baby frog. It was caused by global warming. Now the frogs are extinct.
Did Miss Grey pick up the llama poop being deposited near (the formerly pristine) lakes and walking path used to carry the soon-to-be-dead new fish to this pristine lake, or did she leave it to decompose “naturally” underfoot of future hikers?
See, if there WERE life in that lake, the new fish would bean invasive specie – like the Japanese Kudzu, now found from Canada through the US to Australia and Fiji – Obviously solely due to English-speaking capitalists:
Invasive species
“Kudzu was discovered July 2009 in a small patch, 110 metres wide and 30 metres deep, on a south-facing slope on the shore of Lake Erie near Leamington, Ontario, about 50 kilometres southeast of Windsor.
Ecologist Gerald Waldron made the Leamington find while walking along the beach. He spotted the kudzu instantly, having read about its destructive expansion in the southeastern United States.
Main article: Kudzu in the United States
Kudzu was introduced from Japan into the United States in 1876 and is now common along roadsides and other disturbed areas throughout most of the southeastern United States. Kudzu has been spreading at the rate of 150,000 acres (61,000 ha) annually.
During World War II, kudzu was introduced to Vanuatu and Fiji by United States Armed Forces to serve as camouflage for equipment.[citation needed] It is now a major weed.
Kudzu is also becoming a problem in northeastern Australia, and has been seen in isolated spots in Northern Italy (Lake Maggiore). (Above from Wikipedia, a good source of invasive specie (er, money.))
I do believe those are Drama llamas used for increased effect on the bait…. Err I mean poor little fishies.
And in a related story, 50,000 minnows were transported back downhill by vicuna to escape the predatory vendace, 100,000 frog larvae were transported back uphill by guanaco to escape the predatory minnows, and the vendace were then transported back downhill to escape the poisonous frog larvae. A spokesperson for the Camelid Eco-Rescue Transportation Workers Union reported that they had received a 2 million pound grant from the EU Department of Pointless Migrations. An Environment Agency spokesperson added that further 10 million pounds is needed for further research, which will be funded by a 25% increase on VAT.
They’ve done this before
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4486024.stm
“An RAF helicopter will be used to transport around 200 vendace from Derwentwater to nearby Sprinkling Tarn in the Borrowdale Valley, on Thursday”
No helicopter this time, cuts at the MOD.
Got as far as “By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent”
This woman is legendary for fleshing out NGO press releases and passing them of as “journalism”. Quite why the Telegraph let her get away with it I don’t know. Perhaps the many disparaging comments and the extra traffic from WUWT and elsewhere keeps the Telegraph in ad revenue. Not sure the longer term sacrifice of becoming a joke publication is worth it for them though.
Is it just me or has there been a glut of industry (Climate Change Industry that is) propaganda and nonsense in the last month or so? Is this the all new “communicating the science” of which they so often speak now? If it is then I have some bad news …
The Environment Agency are clearly taking their new role (as a ‘delivery body’!) seriously:
(from the UK’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ website)
£2m/year will allow them to move quite a few fish. Wonder what else they are planning.
“It was impossible to use conventional transport like a 4×4 motorbike or landrover.”
She’s invented a new mode of transport too. A 4 x 4 motorbike?
“She’s invented a new mode of transport too. A 4 x 4 motorbike?” – No, she’s just too lazy to punctuate properly…
Angry Exile says:
April 13, 2011 at 10:03 am
ha ha
absolutely frigging excellent – well spotted dude!
Known in the trade, I understand, as ‘Loopy Lu’.
What I find is amusing is the llamas, in England. Is the climate in Chile getting too inhospitable for them now? Why not use some traditional shetland ponies to do the job? Ponies don’t vote Labour or Green?
That’s about as crazy as this idea:
Marijuana causes global warming, uses 1% of U.S. electricity
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/04/12/marijuana-causes-global-warming.html?ana=e_pft
The word you’re looking for is “odoriferous”…