17 July 2024
Fish conservation charity Fish in Need (FIN) has provided a substantial grant to the Wild Carp Trust for the purchase of transport tanks and ecological surveys to assist with the Llyngwyn wild carp rescue.
The charity, which includes trustees Paul Whitehouse, Mark Everard, Richard Hewitt, John Bailey, Kirsty Hewitt, and Simon Clark, was formed to revive, rescue and restore fish populations across the UK. Having filmed a popular episode of TV’s Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing at Llyngwyn in 2021, Paul was keen to offer the support of his charity to help save these historic fish from the agricultural pollution they face.
Wild Carp Trust chair of trustees Dr Nigel Hudson said, “The timing and size of the FIN grant is a transformational enabler for the Wild Carp Trust. We’re faced with an enormous task at Llyngwyn – needing to rehome a thousand or more wild carp before they perish from the pollution. The scale of activity has overwhelmed our tiny charity, which is staffed by a core team of just five people, and we’ve struggled to raise the funds necessary to move this volume of fish. Now, thanks to FIN, we have the money and expert support to purchase transport tanks and aerators to move the carp safely and study them in their new homes. Every carp saved is proof of the great work done by FIN and the Wild Carp Trust who, together, have enabled the survival of one of the UK’s oldest strains of carp.”
You can read more about the LLyngwyn wild carp rescue here.
