In 2017 the team at the UEA and JIC proved that toxic alga blooms could be managed by dosing with hydrogen peroxide, 5 years later and the EA hasn’t being able to deliver a working solution on the ground, despite many promises. Below is how this has been tracked by both BASG and the Angling…
Ben Wagstaff published his scientific paper in Dec 2021, which presented results and provided insights for better informed and improved management and mitigation strategies of harmful Prymnesium parvum algal blooms in eutrophic waters worldwide. His work assessing the Toxicity and Mitigating the Impact of Harmful Prymnesium Blooms in Eutrophic Waters of the Norfolk Broads. The document…
During the spring of 2015 a large algal bloom of Prymnesium parvum existed within Hickling Broad and the Upper Thurne system. This led to the Environment Agency undertaking one of the UK largest fish rescues of over 700,000 fish which was widely reported in the national media. However, many thousands of fish were lost, including…
Trials carried out in Hickling Broad have shown that at controlled concentrations hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is deadly to Prymnesium parvum, the golden algae. The discovery follows research led by a team of scientists at the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia, aimed at finding a cost-effective solution to a persistent problem that…
The EDP ran an article on 31st January following a prymnesium meeting. Click on the picture to read the full article.
During the spring of 2015 a large algal bloom of Prymnesium parvum existed within Hickling Broad and the Upper Thurne system. This led to the Environment Agency undertaking one of the UK largest fish rescues of over 700,000 fish[1] which was widely reported in the national media[2]. However, many thousands of fish were lost, including large…
Kelvin Allen the BASG Treasurer and Eastern Region chairman of AT has made the news headlines this week, in calling for some concerted action to manage and protect the Broads National Park from Prrymnesium algae.Over the last 3 weeks the Environment Agency have rescued over 500,000 fish from the Upper Thurne area including Hickling Broad,…
Anglers concerns where justified this week, with a major Prymnesium alagal bloom across Hickling Broad. There has been much discussion in recent weeks about the potential environmental impact from any dredging works planned on Hickling and with the Broad almost inpassable to navigation in places there are many challenges ahead. However thanks to the work lead by…
An update on scientific research underway at Norwich’s John Innes Centre that should help in the fight against the fish killing algae Prymnesium This news article was shown on ITV. http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2014-10-30/scientists-in-norfolk-develop-water-testing-kit-to-save-thousands-of-fish-from-deadly-toxin/ Prof Rob Field from John Innes came and gave a talk on their work at last nights BASG AGM, which went down very well with…
For people interested, this is what is sustaining the healthy fish stocks seen and reported in recent years across the river Thurne, despite many of the measures actually failing and continuing to decline within the Broads themselves. This report describes the state of the waterways and compares them to where we need to be for…